All Opinion articles – Page 88
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OpinionStop PFI cash going to banks
Given that Labour’s craven worship of bankers has dropped us so completely in the poo, it is extraordinary that we continue with the PPP/PFI “supertanker” that puts the provision of our public buildings in bankers’ hands (News March 6)
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All in the name
I do not support protection of function. Even in Europe, this does not apply to small projects
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Access denied?
I wonder if the Quarterhouse arts venue (Works February 27) has had an access audit undertaken?
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OpinionMIPIM 2009: Dispatches from the wreckage
The recession has made this year’s Mipim a shadow of previous events, but on the upside, plane fares are down
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OpinionPublic space takes an unfair hit
As the industry looks to public bodies for finance, the funds to improve London have been drastically cut
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Qualified success
Protection of the title of architect is ineffective without protection of the role. Individuals cannot use the title without being registered with Arb, but can carry out any services they like without qualifications. It is futile to protect the title without protecting the role.
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Follow the money
At last someone has dared to question protected title (Leader February 20). It is not that title cannot be protected. It is just that, as you say, it is a waste of time and money
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Charter fight
BD’s leader showing that Arb is unable to protect the public from pseudo-architects in the internet age was going along fine until suddenly it said: “Protect function by all means”
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Why we belong
Protection of title was discussed at length many years ago and the issue upheld as important for the general public as well as architects
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OpinionArchitects must protect title
Members of the public have little concept of what an architect actually is and generally refer to non-architects as architects, often believing they have employed an architect
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Good for Arb
Sorry, I don’t agree with your otherwise excellent editor on protection of title
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Test of time
Our scheme in Southampton’s French Quarter, mentioned in your feature last week, offers truly mixed uses, mixed tenure and tenure-blind accommodation. It also supports commercial office and retail, sheltered and affordable rented accommodation, shared ownership and outright sale homes — the sale units have all sold faster than other similar ...
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Seeing the light
It’s scary to find out that we have something else to worry about other than the impending worldwide collapse of the architectural profession and its client base — the loss of the 100W incandescent light bulb.
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OpinionMud lark
Jonathan Glancey might like to know that construction using mud and earth (“Building with mud, glorious mud”, February 6) is alive and well in north-east Yorkshire. I am currently restoring buildings of rubble stone bound with mud. These date from the late 17th century, so have stood the test of ...
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OpinionMystery deepens
The mystery man next to Cedric Price (Archive February 6) looks like a young Michael Brawne.
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Courtesy title
It is bad enough having the media routinely ignoring the terms of the Architects’ Registration Act and calling any old plansmith an architect without you doing the same in your story about the Prince of Wales’s “Surfbury” development (News February 6).
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OpinionSea change for Southampton
Southampton is a sad city, as described by Owen Hatherley (Urban Trawl February 6), and I would like to see a similar article on Liverpool.
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100% effort
It is pointless for the RIBA’s Jane Duncan to exhort architects not to work for reduced fees (Debate February 6). As in the last recession 15 years ago, the market will decide what fees we shall be able to charge. Indeed, I understand that Tesco has already cut the fees ...
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OpinionLet’s rethink US embassy plans
Even with the enormity of the economic struggles that lie before him, I hope President Obama and his team can find time to address one small yet important issue: how does America project its ideals in the capital cities of the world?
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League analysis
Schosa acknowledges there are many legitimate ways of analysing the data emerging from the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise