All Letters articles – Page 52

  • The fire on the Olympic site in east London last month; sprinklers would have significantly reduced and cooled the smoke
    Comment

    Fight fire with sprinklers

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    I object to some of the comments made by Paul Timmins regarding the Local Government Association’s call for sprinklers to be fitted to all new buildings (16 November, page 36).

  • Comment

    Competition comment

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The quote in your article “Choose Wisely” (16 November, page 72) was inaccurate – we had won the RIBA’s Brooks Road Low Rise housing competition run for Newham council.

  • Comment

    A problem the size of Leeds

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

    With the emphasis on new build, it is easy to forget a vitally important and sustainable weapon in the battle to provide homes.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Comment

    Points of departure

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Like many I was fascinated by the recently opened St Pancras station (19 October, page 52).

  • Comment

    Correction

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

    In your article “Mini-cost model: Extra care housing” (9 November, page 62), the image of PRP’s scheme is that of Goodwin Court in the London Borough of Barnet, which is actually unrelated to the cost model in the article and is also not an example of the “extra care” model ...

  • Comment

    We can’t do it by ourselves

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

    We welcome the approach taken by the UK Green ɫTV Council to lobby for a change in the definition of zero-carbon homes (20 November, www.building.co.uk).

  • Does Larmenier & Sacred Heart primary school undermine the tree it’s supposed to celebrate?
    Comment

    Root of the matter

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    I was intrigued by the construction of the courtyard and buildings around the giant plane tree at the Larmenier & Sacred Heart primary school in west London (2 November, page 58).

  • Comment

    Not in front of the readers …

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Will Alsop and Roger Madelin may well have used the words credited to them (9 November, pages 11 and 27) and we may well all work in a robust industry and hear them every day.

  • Comment

    Reasons to be fearful

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    The article “Big drop in construction orders puts housing plans at risk” (9 November, page 12) reported that an 8% fall in construction orders and 12% decline in the housing sector has cast doubt over whether Gordon Brown will hit his ambitious housebuilding targets.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • ɫTV in a war zone: did poor design contribute to the  problems at Belfast’s Divis flats?
    Comment

    Wrong side of the tracks

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the description of the Divis flats in Belfast (1 November, page 40), I would like to record that “building blunder” is not the key factor leading to it being (rightly) labelled as “ramshackle”.

  • Comment

    Fight fire with fire

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The Local Government Association has called for an urgent review of building regulations, following the deaths of four fire-fighters in Warwickshire and wants to see sprinklers fitted to all new buildings.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Comment

    Spread the risk

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    My first thought on reading your article on the £1bn defence training academy in St Athan, south Wales, (26 October, page 15) was “never put all your eggs in one basket”.

  • Comment

    Hotpants

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    In your article about BAA being forced to remove plastic windows from listed buildings, Douglas Kent says “putting plastic double-glazed windows into an old building is like dressing your great granny up in hotpants,” and “from an energy conservation viewpoint is one of the least effective measures you can take.”

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Comment

    Bad, bad, bad

    2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

    The suggestion of a 10-15% reduction in the UK’s renewable energy target is bad news on many levels.

  • Comment

    Time for a rethink

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Your story announcing the second review into the ɫTV Schools for the Future (BSF) procurement process is a welcome step as it recognises that there is scope for improvement (21 September, page 11).

  • Comment

    Leaks in the system

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Ed Derrick’s views on what might be done with the proposed water grid (19 October, page 40) are interesting.