All Letters to the editor articles – Page 87
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Opinion
Walking out
In my seven-and-a-half-year stint with Allies & Morrison I never witnessed the office “walking over” anybody, as Ali Mangera alleges (News July 13).
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OpinionLiverpool really needs Unesco
I have just read the leader on London’s walkie talkie tower (July 13) and follow BD’s reports on Liverpool’s regeneration.
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Opinion
Let judges judge
The riba Awards seem to satisfy nobody beyond those that have actually won one, and enrage and perplex almost everybody outside riba HQ.
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News
Regency upgrade for homeless
John Thompson & Partners has won a limited entry competition to redesign the premises of homelessness organisation St Mungo’s in King’s Cross, central London.
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Opinion
Great and good
BD is always improving but surely it won’t get any better than this (“Grand masters” July 13)?
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Opinion
High-rise future
In future I predict all UK high-rise buildings will include “cultavations”, that is, cultivated elevations on their south-facing sides.
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Opinion
Figure it out
Russel Hayden’s mathematical skills are shaky when he writes that Truro Cathedral is 200 years old (I Wish I’d Done That July 13).
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TechnicalWhere are the environment’s new heroes?
We must inspire 6th formers if we are to get the skilled people we need
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OpinionCracking up
Tony McIntyre’s review of the new house remodelling on Richmond Hill (Works July 6) was less than generous and bore no comparison to the house I visited earlier this year.
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Opinion
Poor practice
“It is a magical project by one of our brightest emerging practices,” says Niall McLaughlin, chair of the RIBA Awards, about the Singing Ringing Tree (July 6).
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Opinion
Fairs’ fair
Like Marcus Fairs (Opinion, June 29), we were sceptical about hiring an architect when we decided to give our 1970s townhouse a contemporary makeover. The building is equally devoid of straight walls and right angles, and the project was always about subtraction rather than addition.
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Opinion
Down with icons
With respect to the distinguished Thames Gateway panel, surely it is impossible to believe that any one building, however iconic, could invigorate a whole area?
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Opinion
Culture splash
As part of the Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008 celebrations, the School of Architecture is organising an exhibition and publication of work by prominent alumni, focusing mainly on their worldwide architectural influence.
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OpinionHousing chaos
The RIBA has published a policy paper, Better Homes and Neighbourhoods, July 2007
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Opinion
Awards can’t be perfect for all
The fundamental problem for the RIBA Awards is how to attain consistency in assessment and quality of award in an expansive system. This is the conundrum.
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Opinion
Up the wrong tree
I strongly disagree with Greg Penoyre’s view of the Singing Ringing Tree. It is not a bad sculpture and it might win the sculpture award, art award or whatever, but not any architectural ones!
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OpinionOut of the frame
Further to your debate on the use of partnering agreements by housing associations (June 8), readers may be interested in our experience as a small practice in this field.
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Opinion
Easy target
It is wonderful to see luminaries of the architectural world taking such a principled stand (News 25 May).
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Opinion
Fairs calls foul
Marcus Fairs’ provocative column (“When no architect at all is a better bet” June 29) is bound to generate an avalanche of protest.
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OpinionBrown sauce
Full marks for last week’s leader, especially the notion of implementing minimum space standards, which I presume means in residential property.