All Letters articles – Page 15

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    Inbox: It's a struggle

    2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Readers identify obstacles both here and abroad, whether it’s missing out on incentives in east London, first-time buyers losing tax relief, or Brits trying to adapt to cultural differences in Asia

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    Inbox: Eco living

    2011-11-25T00:00:00Z

    This week, we hear from one firm about its green legacy, while other readers comment on the flawed planning process and the politics of sustainability

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    Inbox: Quick fix

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    This week, readers want to help unemployed graduates, solve the problem of congestion on the M25 and see the government consider the consequences of reducing feed-in tariffs

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    Inbox: Hot topic

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The solar debate heats up this week as one reader explains the reasoning behind the feed-in tariff cuts, while another draws our attention to a solar energy technology being left in the shadows

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    Inbox: On balance

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    This week, readers weigh up the arguments for and against PFI, decide the Green Construction Board is missing an academic voice and urge the Scottish government to reconsider its capital budget cuts

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    Inbox: Trials and tribulations

    2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The problems facing the industry this week are low margin rewards, high prices for utilities, fierce competition in the UK from overseas companies and the technicalities of BIM

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    Inbox: Good cheer

    2011-10-21T00:00:00Z

    The October sunshine lifts the mood as readers toast a straight-talking lawyer and a pier in need of a revamp, while QSs insist they have befriended BIM - or would do if the software could be standardised

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    Must do better

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Readers consider how groups or organisations could improve. Building inspection, the RICS and housebuilders all come in for criticism this week

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    Inbox: What's missing?

    2011-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Readers discuss what’s needed to make the industry more eco-friendly, and have a name to add to the credits list for Colchester’s Arts Centre

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    Inbox: Mad for metaphors

    2011-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Comparisons abound this week, with designers likening pylons to dinosaurs and daggers, while other readers lament the stingy proportions of ‘shoebox’ homes and ‘toy town’ developments

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    Inbox: Six of one

    2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Readers are juggling pros and cons this week, looking at planning reforms, mortgage guarantees and the long- and short-term impact of BIM

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    Inbox: Credit where it's due

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Readers praise those who deserve recognition, be they engineers, the builders of code level 6 homes, or Scottish local authorities that have boosted housebuilding

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    Inbox: Public enemy number one

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    This week, readers discuss the funding problems with affordable housing, our inability to deliver projects on time and on budget without PFI, and the place of academia in our industry

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    Inbox: pointing the finger

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    It’s a matter of accountability this week, as readers blame the ONS for overestimating and distorting statistics, columnists for failing to give the full story, and arsonists - not timber - for being a fire risk

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    Inbox: That's enough

    2011-08-12T00:00:00Z

    This week, readers have had it with airports near their homes, having to operate at unsustainable margins, those late-paying main contractors and architects’ stardom-seeking experiments

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    Inbox: In harmony

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    One reader reflects that working collaboratively brings great results. Not that it would necessarily do much to make energy saving in a conservation area cost-effective or help a full-time dad find work

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    Inbox: Neither here nor there

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    This week, where are all the mums that need work? And are timber-frame flats about to become similarly scarce? Meanwhile, it’s dictionaries at dawn for the lawyers

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    Inbox: Worry not

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    What’s the best test?Regarding Rab Bennetts’ article (15 July, page 26), as an architect-turned-procurement-of-architects-specialist for a large software company, I am interested in seeing an example or a little more detail about the system for procuring architects that he would use to get a better qualitative assessment. He makes some ...

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    Inbox: the blueprint

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Readers are concerned with matters of design, arguing the case for crazy and silly shapes, suggesting that there are better nuclear plants on the way and voicing concerns over liability in the use of BIM

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    Inbox: true colours

    2011-07-08T00:00:00Z

    This week we focus on colour, shape and scale: from blue language about would-be green buildings, to the demise of the wacky London skyscraper and the rise of the mega-consultant