All Letters to the editor articles – Page 85
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Great minds?
We were interested to see Clash Associates’ proposal for a hotel at Lower Marsh near Waterloo (First Look September 7).
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Regional demand
It must be galling for the RIBA to see the scale of government funding paid to Cabe to perform a function which should have been kept in-house (News August 31).
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Credit control
It was disingenuous of Pascall & Watson and the Ingram Consultancy to attempt to steal the limelight on St Pancras International (Solutions September 7). Their joint role in the project has been much less significant than they might wish others to believe.
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OpinionClass of ‘84: the way we were
How nice to see your picture of the group of us on the fire escape stair at Riverside Studios back in 1984 (Archive August 31).
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Size matters
Was Mike Macrae (Letters August 24) having a morning moment where he used too much toothpaste, or was he just frothing at the mouth when he made his comments on Robert Adam’s views on the Holborne Museum in Bath (Letters August 10)?
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Summer school could fill gaps
It is now universally accepted that the schools of architecture no longer teach construction and building technology in the way they did, say, 20 years ago.
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Crying timber
In 2002 I carried out a review of timber’s sustainability as a construction material and found it far from “green”. The increase in global consumption leads to destructive deforestations in the rainforest, which are responsible for greenhouse emissions.
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Customer care
Though I disagree with Peter Kellow’s arguments against setting up an expert panel to advise the RIBA president when occasionally giving a view on a project (Letters August 31), I understand them.
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OpinionSample the planning menu
While the RIBA may manage to pull off a design review panel and make it work (News August 24), I would venture to predict that it will not have a long life.
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Knock it off
It’s not that almost all the 47 practices shortlisted for the Olympic village are from London that we object to (News Analysis August 24).
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Host the most
I call for a rethink of the Olympics for future hosts. Instead of one city absorbing all that the Games brings, perhaps it should be more of a para(city)c event, with regional cities more involved not only in the design, but also getting some form of parasitic venue with a ...
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Disastrous recipe
There must be many architects who see the dangers of the president of the RIBA commenting on projects designed by the institute’s members, with or without the advice of an “expert” panel.
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Burning issue
We have had timber buildings for hundreds of years, limited to three, possibly four storeys, so that fire protection of the structures was not considered necessary.
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Comment of the day: Desperately seeking Darcy
Ian Martin breaks the bad news to an eager reader
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Comment of the day: Quality Down Under
Australian firms do produce quality architecture, insists Andrew Noonan
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Comment of the day: RIBA the watchdog
Is the RIBA right to set up a design review panel? You bet, says Lee Mallett
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Washed out
Oh, not again. How many times do we have to read Robert Adam’s sad, historicist ranting?
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Olympic safety
The Olympics should be a wonderful showcase for all aspects of the UK’s construction industry (News August 10).
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Lobby your MP
Why do we never hear it for Ian Martin? He has written a great column for years.