All Letters to the editor articles – Page 79
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Opinion
Public disgrace
The sad saga of The Public (Solutions February 1) actually started in late 1994 when a team led by Rivington Street Studio won the competition to carry out a feasibility study.
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OpinionEthics: what can you change?
Those of us who appealed to our fellow architects in Israel not to collude in constructing illegal settlements in the occupied territories were attacked — as you said — for not publicly taking an ethical stance in arguably more unjust situations (Leader January 25).
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OpinionOnce bitten...
We note with interest your Archive story (February 1) relating to our design for a lion’s cage.
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It’s a belly flop...
From the way the ODA organised the Aquatics Centre project, there was a terrible inevitability about the dire final design (News February 1).
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Stop this neglect
I first visited Stirling & Gowan’s Leicester engineering building around the same time as John Tuomey (Letters January 25).
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Israel is muddier
Designing buildings in the “disputed territories” in Palestine-Israel is much further along the scale of muddied water of architectural ethics than an airport in China (Leader, January 25).
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Start at home
Your sub-heading, Life and times of a communist despot, was unfair to Zaha Hadid (News January 25), but it is nice to see communists putting up such an extravagant building.
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History man
Well done to Saul Metzstein. It is a long time since anyone corrected the clichés about Le Corbusier and the modern movement (Opinion, January 18).
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Own goal
There might have been a swift resolution to Liverpool FC’s indecision over its flagship stadium (Boots January 18) had it accepted Liverpool School of Architecture’s invitation to debate the merits or demerits of the HKS design — previously decried as a dog, then hailed as a mongrel in BD’s ...
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Opinion
Force of the law
In the 21st century, international human rights legislation has to be observed by architects and their clients — just as much as by everyone else.
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OpinionEuropan: the debate goes on
I agree with David Birkbeck (Debate January 25) that volume housebuilders and the architectural profession don’t have much to do with each other, bar occasional sniping.
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Corrections
Our news story “Murray and Dunlop scoop Glasgow hotel” last week stated that the practice beat RMJM and Make to win the work. In fact, RMJM did not enter a bid for the scheme. Apologies.
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OpinionWe must save Leicester
I first visited Leicester University’s Engineering Building in 1974 with some friends when we were students.
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Safe in our hands
Shepheard Epstein Hunter is preparing Leicester University’s development framework plan due to be published this year, a masterplan that will allow it to grow significantly. We have spent many hours in conversation with people at all levels of the university, and with many external stakeholders.
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Tate grates
May I add my support to Ivor Hall (Letters January 11) since I agree with all he says about this illogical and pretentious design for the Tate Modern extension.
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Opinion
Correction
Our news item last week on Headingly pavilion referred to the involvement of SMC Gower Archtects.
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OpinionDrawn a blank
I leave it for others to judge how extraordinarily Benson & Forsyth’s The Pod in Nottingham has been “shaped in response to the world around it” (Works, January 18).
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Opinion
Bad counsel
I am appalled at the thought that planning appeals for smaller applications could be given to local councillors to decide (News January 18).