Sir, - The letter from Mr Smith, chief executive of the Society of Chartered Surveyors (March 28th) is disingenuous The phrase "drawing up plans implies that the person so engaged has also designed the building. Valuers, estate agents or surveyors are not qualified by education or training to design buildings.
The European Union and nearly every member state of that Union has recognised the plain sense of ensuring that properly qualified architects alone should be entrusted with the design of buildings. - Yours, etc.,
Director,
The Royal Institute of the
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Architects of Ireland,
Merrion Square,
Dublin 2.