All Letters to the editor articles – Page 95
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FeaturesAre schools for the future just monuments to egotism?
A few years ago I went back to my south London grammar school to speak at the annual prize giving. Before the actual event I pottered round classrooms and corridors in a haze of nostalgia. Everything seemed pretty much the same. The mould I remembered on the shower room walls ...
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OpinionChance to regain the housing initiative
On a visit to Newcastle last year I was told that many people in the region aspire to buy a standard housebuilder’s box. The blander, the better. Why?
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Pick up the baton
Following the fiasco of the Wembley Stadium redevelopment, fears have been raised that the ambitious 2012 Olympics project, which will result in a significant regeneration of parts of London’s East End, may run over time and budget.
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OpinionA Canterbury tale — but this isn’t funny
In the spirit of Oscar Wilde’s famous words, to hash up one rebuilding of a city is unfortunate, but then to mess it up a second time is unforgivable.
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Zero tolerance
Trevor Butler is right to say that zero carbon should mean zero carbon (Solutions January 19) and he even mentions “materials used in construction” but then falls into the trap of concentrating on the issue of generating energy.
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Schools lesson
I was saddened to read (News January 19) that the quality of school design has been brought down by its procurement process. I doubt that parachuting Cabe into the arena can achieve much.
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Lean or mean?
The Bethnal Green housing (Works January 19) ingeniously couples tight space with green thinking.
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Home from home
Jack Pringle (Soapbox January 19) says he “re-established the RIBA’s housing group last year” as part of his agenda to tackle climate change.
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Fees feedback
Your story “AUU payments revealed” (News January 19) is misleading and seems more intent on delivering a dramatic headline than reporting reality.
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Wasted efforts
There was far more commitment to and research into social housing design in the sixties and seventies than there has been since.
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Responsibility for 60s falls on many
If Simon Jenkins wants a “Truth & Reconciliation Commission” (News January 12) to apologise for the housing crimes of the 1960s then he will need to cast his net wider and catch in it more than just members of the RIBA.
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Gazprom tower is right for the site
Recent articles in BD covering the Gazprom City HQ competition in St Petersburg miss the point and risk misleading your readers.
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Following fashions
Simon Jenkins’ call for a “reconciliation commission” to apologize for 1960s modernism is a complete waste of time.
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Housing deja vu
Poor 1960s estates were primarily the result of central government legislation and the housing cost yardstick.
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Competitions out
The correspondence (Letters January 12) on competitions fails to appreciate that they are in nobody’s interest. Frank Duffy is right (Soapbox) — they should be abolished.
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Blame misplaced
An RIBA commission to look at the 1960s would not solve the problem. Those in charge then are in charge now — politicians. Central government controlled what was built.
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How to get invited back to the top table
Last year I re-established the RIBA Housing Group and my prediction for 2007 was that housing would be at the top of our agenda, because it is where climate change meets poor design and chronic undersupply.
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Architects in front
I agree with your editorial (January 12), that architects are ahead of the game and do not need to be lectured by the housing minister, let alone the housebuilders, on zero carbon housing.