All Letters to the editor articles – Page 93
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Opinion
Arb must reform
I have read the letter from Arb’s registrar and chief executive Alison Carr. It was before her time, but if she checks the number of votes gained by the architects in the Arb Reform Group she will see that they secured about 70%, including my vote — hardly “a handful ...
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Titles tell all
In not saying what sort of engineers have signed the lack of respect e-petition last week, Boots rather reinforces the point that they are making. Presumably they are consultants of some kind.
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Misplaced loyalty
Alison Carr’s letter on Arb (March 16) presents a defence of the indefensible. Loyalty is of course a virtue, but just how loyal the new registrar should be to her recent predecessors must be examined carefully for several reasons.
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Fair objections
I don’t agree with Piers Gough (Debate March 9) that the public is encouraged to object to all applications regardless of the facts. Our local amenity society has over 1,200 members and none, as far as I know, is rabidly reactionary or nauseatingly self-righteous.
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Local democracy
I completely agree with Piers Gough, nimbyism having become the strongest influence on decision making by local authority planning committees.
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Victoria is the next battle
London’s skyline is hot property. In open defiance of local planning policy Land Securities and KPF have proposed two mega-towers at Victoria.
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Off the wall
Ellis Woodman’s excellent coverage of Buschow Henley’s St John’s Therapy Centre (Works February 16) was accompanied by a meticulous axonometric which showed the make-up of the external walling.
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TechnicalNavigating the green moral maze
Our crusade for more sustainable buildings must begin at home
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An icon too far
Apropos the proposed massive and bulky Viñoly tower, I was surprised that the BD editor would be shocked if English Heritage won this enquiry (February 23).
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Back to the future
We know contemporary architecture in the current climate has to go way OTT to gain critical notice, but surely the placed entries for the Czech library competition (News March 9) have got to be taking the piss.
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Arb is highly cost-effective
Following your publication last week of letters from a number of your readers (all regular critics of Arb) which followed your piece on “Arb’s legal battle” I feel I should offer some comment.
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OpinionStand by my man
I was appalled at the sensationalist and personal stance of your article on SMC and Stewart McColl in particular (News Analysis February 23).
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Creativity can live with profits
On behalf of the SMC Group I would like to respond to your article “Is this game over for the Terry Venables of Architecture?” (News analysis February 23).
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Brighter future
The alleged use of £110,000 of registrants’ money to prevent Ian Salisbury from making public his legitimate questioning of Arb’s interpretation of the Architects’ Act is an affront to every architect who pays to keep Arb in business.
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FeaturesIs culture or environment to blame for sickness in the NHS?
The National Health Service: much praised around the world, but never copied. But at least we lead the world in irony.
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Arbs abuse
Hooray for the courage of Ian Salisbury and well done to BD for another piece of dazzling investigative journalism (News March 2).
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Star struck
I read with dismay that the local development authority’s otherwise commendable plans to revitalise Blackpool’s seafront include yet another scheme to needlessly light up our already light polluted skyline and waste yet more energy.