All Opinion articles – Page 78
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Correction
The reference to Jay Merrick’s article on Salvation Army Chelmsford (Quoted January 8) incorrectly credited the project to Andrew Hudson
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Capital offence
While reviewing the requirements for the Forgotten Spaces competition (News January 8), we noted the sentence: “The site should be local to the competitor’s workplace or home.” We assumed this must be an unfortunately worded sentence, however, on quizzing the RIBA, this competition is indeed closed off to architects who ...
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OpinionWork and profit
In the last Boots of 2009 there was a piece on Vicky Richardson that I thought presented a slightly blurred image of her
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An end to fee fall
Boots (December 11) misrepresented the Manchester Society of Architects. Ryder Architects’ bid would have been selected on the quality of its proposals and its recent successful completion of Newcastle City Library
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Don’t kick it
It does on the face of it seem disjointed for Cabe to promote a set of design standards which is apparently ignored by the HCA in making its funding allocations (“MPs call HCA to account over Kickstart standards” News January 8)
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OpinionA discredit to conservation
Whose idea was the proposed RIBA conservation accreditation (News January 8)?
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Clarification
MUMA wishes make it clear that Julian Harrap Architects worked with it on the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the V&A (Works December 11) acting as historic building consultant, and that its contribution was critical to key aspects of the project.
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Raising the bar
I couldn’t agree more with the basic point of last week’s leader. The quality of many schemes funded by round one of Kickstart is not good enough. But if he thinks Cabe is hamstrung by a contract for doing the assessments, think again
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History is for all
This whole business of accredited conservation architects has gone too far. It is clearly less to do with old buildings and more to do with new markets
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Street views
It is with sadness that I read of Grant Smith’s recent experience of photographing London from a public space (News December 11). Alas it is not a new phenomenon, but one that is deteriorating
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OpinionSlippery slope
The sloping wall, most recently seen in the illustration of Zaha Hadid’s Michigan art museum (News December 18) but also in Libeskind’s V&A extension and latterly his prefabricated houses (News October 2) as well as Herzog & de Meuron’s revised Tate Modern extension (Debate October 16) externally looks great
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Waste of money
I have been a member of the RIBA since 1974, and on the register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation since 2007 (when it was RIBA endorsed)
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Speak your mind
I have already sent an email to Bob Kerslake, chief executive of the and Homes & Communities Agency, and would implore everyone else who has concerns about poor design quality in the HCA’s Kickstart programme (News December 18) to go to its web page and also write a complaint
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Sooner or later
I thoroughly enjoyed Peter Davey’s article on HP Berlage’s Holland House (BD Magazine December)
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Give it a fair trial
As the former conservation director of English Heritage and one of the architects of professional accreditation for building conservation in England, I am supportive of the RIBA’s engagement with the issue, though saddened that peace could not be made with the dedicated folks running the AABC
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OpinionPrivate spaces give extra value
While I applaud the general aims of Building for Life, it places insufficient emphasis upon space within, and outside, the dwelling
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Correction
In December 18 Solutions , we said the BaleHaus at Bath University as “designed by architect Craig White” and referred to “architect White Design”
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OpinionNo excuse to abandon quality
Yes, we have an urgent need for social housing, but the HCA’s haste will prove a false economy
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OpinionPassing the buck on bad design
Criticising the government for spending millions on poorly designed housing is to miss a somewhat sensitive point
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Tropical storm
One way that architects can (and should) make a significant change on the overall carbon impact of buildings is to eschew tropical hardwoods. Our research has shown that imported tropical hardwoods are the key driver of deforestation in the tropics, which is responsible for 25% of human-caused CO2 emissions