All Letters to the editor articles – Page 80
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Opinion
Get out of London
Outside a handful of cities like London (Leader January 11) is a world where architect-designed buildings are in the minority, where local planning committees feel they have been experimented on by the architectural and planning professions, and where the agencies and public bodies responsible for shaping our environment see design ...
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OpinionPlanning appeal must be saved
I was shocked at an item in the recent RIBA newsletter emailed to members.
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Regional accent
We are concerned at the suggestion that excellence is confined to the London centres.
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Title deed
Peter Arnold (Letters January 11) writes that Arb takes no issue with Maurice McCarthy, who is not on its register but advertises his services on the RIBA’s database.
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Opinion
Warm response
The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists was very pleased to read that Sunand Prasad in his presidential speech urged professionals to work together on tackling climate change.
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Runaway ideas
The government, flying in the face of the eco-lobby, has approved BAA’s plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport.
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OpinionOver the hill
So the road tunnel under Stonehenge is to be scrapped (News December 14, 2007). Good!
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OpinionTate extension needs a rethink
The Tate Modern extension, which received a £50 million government grant last month (News December 7, 2007) appears to completely overpower and destroy the architecture of the existing building.
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A different plan
Jeff Sowerby (Letters December 14, 2007) has a similar problem to that which exists in East Yorkshire, where the planning tail is beginning to wag the architecture dog.
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Correction
Gremlins got into the letter from Zaha Hadid (Letters, December 14) and unfortunately turned the Architecture Foundation into the Architects Foundation. Apologies.
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Opinion
Arb inconsistent
I was interested to note Boots’ references to infighting at Arb (November 30), and its concerns about being cast as “dysfunctional”.
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Opinion
Wilkinson’s word
I am surprised that Adam Wilkinson (Letters December 7) cannot understand why I feel that the existing buildings at Smithfield Market are “deeply undistinguished”.
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OpinionMore on terror
The prime minister has asked architects to help “design out” terrorist opportunities, and adding a specialist anti-terror module to architectural training has also been suggested.
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OpinionZaha: We dont need a partner
The competition for the Architects Foundation HQ (News December 7) was awarded to Zaha Hadid Architects in December 2004 on the basis of a simple brief for a naturally ventilated exhibitions building.
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Space disgrace
May I endorse Paul Morrell’s call for minimum space standards (Opinion December 7)?
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Being a bit dense
Who wants to live in a tiny hermetically sealed plastic house with hi-tech detailing that will weather badly, be expensive to maintain, and so lose value (Debate December 7)?