All Opinion articles – Page 82
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Why study here?
I completely agree with Jasmine Blood (Letters September 25). If EU students want to register as architects in the UK, they should go through part III as UK students do. By not doing so, Arb is not only failing to protect the public but this is also detrimental to our ...
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OpinionOne in the eye
Although it is fantastic to see a medical building evolving from the norm, I can’t help but think Toh Shimazaki’s eye surgery (Works September 25) looks pretty nasty as a piece
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Cross purposes
I disagree fundamentally with your assertion (Leader September 25) that Crossrail will not be a project the mayor will want to be remembered for and that there is a lack of architectural ambition on the project. Also the headline “Crossrail design disappoints Cabe” (News September 11) was misleading as it ...
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Challenge Arb
I share Jasmine Blood’s concern over the iniquity of the current system for registering architects, which seems to unfairly favour EU registrants at the expense of UK students (Letters September 25)
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We’ll do the math
I wish to clarify the situation regarding the authorship of the masterplan for the former Radcliffe Infirmary site in Oxford (News analysis September 18)
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OpinionCladding is not just skin deep
To answer Owen Hatherley’s rather naive question about over-cladding older residential tower blocks (Opinion September 18), most residential blocks have to be refurbished and upgraded with residents in place.
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OpinionUrban legend
The very first issue that I bought of Monica Pidgeon’s AD was January 1960 on Frank Lloyd Wright
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Undue influence
As one of the candidates that stood for election for the Arb, I was pleased to see the ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (News September 11)
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Female drought
A full-page advertisement for the Thames Gateway Forum (BD September 18) lists speakers at a forthcoming meeting of the Forum in November
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Dress the part
As a part II student studying for the RIBA part III examinations in order to be registered as an architect, I was shocked to find out that an EU student can gain entry to the register by simply demonstrating four years of academic qualification and two years of professional experience
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A holy bond
Regarding your story on Canterbury Cathedral’s window facing collapse (News September 18), where can I buy that duct tape?
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Stirling rethink
How about introducing more categories to the Stirling Prize — best individual house, best education building, best conservation project?
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Fretton focus
I don’t see why being a Frettonite should inhibit your appreciation of other people’s buildings (“RIBA denies claims of Stirling favouritism”, August 28)
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Fees failure
In his article (Opinion August 28) Paul Morrell applauds the virtues of the RIBA Plan of Work. I fully endorse his comments but would add a caveat
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OpinionKeeping up with Cambridge
Before the recession hit, Cambridge was expanding at an enormous rate
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Beyond vodka
Your feature “Is there life after architecture?” (News analysis August 28) is really helpful, but we can’t all become fashion designers or invent a new type of vodka
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OpinionHidden agenda
Architecture can be quite annoying. Is the taste of the designer, the lack of knowledge of the developer or the government liable for schemes such as Rafael Viñoly’s revised Battersea Power Station scheme (News September 4)?
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OpinionPall Mall palled
That Peter Davey of all people writes in praise of New Zealand House I find surprising (BD Magazine June)