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Draught details

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
Re your feature on Dartington Primary School (BD Reviews July), whatever happened to the principles of “Good hat and good shoes”? Only time will tell. At least the shed has an overhang
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Is there anything we can learn from housing expos?

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
Nick Ebbs says yes, public response can galvanise new ideas, but Peter Wilson believes they are essentially one-off affairs
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Golden years in Munich

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
With a bit of guessing I recognised my uncle Christian Grzimek as the elegant young man in the third top row, with his hand on his head, in your photo of Behnisch’s Olympic team (Archive July 23)
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Clarification

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
We have been asked to point out that B3 Architects had no involvement with the Trinity Leeds shopping centre (News July 23) and it was led by both EMBT and Stanley Bragg until it was handed over to Chapman Taylor.
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All in it together

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
I know the Carbuncle Cup was started as a bit of a joke but buildings last a long time and affect many generations
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We must not shop ’til we drop

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
It’s time to stop squandering special buildings in the never-ending quest to build more chain shops
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Shining example

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
I find it quite bizarre to hear the arguments against Strata
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Total recall

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
I have only just read Boots’ comment (July 16) about Charles Rennie Mackintosh being accused of pinching others’ details
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It’s behind you

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
I’d say the winner must be Strata, which is visible from absolutely everywhere in London (other than from inside the building itself)!
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Dream team

July 30th, 2010 The Sheet No comments
As Charles Holland rightly argues (Opinion July 23), producing architecture is a team effort, invariably depending on the procurement process and in particular the attitude and approach of the client from the start
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