Dear Helen having read both your response to the article and the Draft RIBA policy and then re-reading the article, I owe you an apology as quite clearly I miss interpreted your comment in the article. Best wishes Malcolm Crate -----Original Message----- From: helen taylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 27 October 2005 11:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ACCESSIBUILT] Building Design Article Dear all Please find attached the response I wrote on behalf of the RIBA which BD decided not to print for some reason I am sorry if some members of my profession give the impression of thinking they "know it all" but I haven't met many of them personally and I have never thought designs are just about looking beautiful regards Helen Taylor Hon Sec RIBA architectureplb On 27/10/05 11:01 am, "Malcolm Crate" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: whats perhaps more interesting is it has suddenly dawned on architects that their designs have an impact upon people and its not just about looking beautiful as Helen Taylor found out to her apparent surprise! Regards Malcolm Crate -----Original Message----- From: helen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] <mailto:[log in to unmask]]> Sent: 27 October 2005 10:47 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ACCESSIBUILT] Building Design Article Some of you may be interested in the attached article - I for one will be responding as right now it seem that it is the architects who are taking access consultants work and think they 'know it all'! Regards Helen Allen NRAC Access Consultant Member HADA Ltd 79 Boyton Road London N8 7AE t/f: +44 (0) 20 8340 1990 mobile: 07766 815 554 http://www.hada.co.uk/ <http://www.hada.co.uk/> HADA Ltd is a multi-disciplinary access and design consultancy specialising in inclusive environments and products. We specialise in: * Access of audits of existing buildings and design appraisals of new * Training * Design solutions This email has been scanned for viruses by Norton Internet Security. 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