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Community Land Trusts: Lets start Talking to the Enemy

If there’s one thing I know about Community Land Trusts now it is that they are made up of people who have got off their backsides and done something. If you put aside your prejudices, that’s pretty much the model of the entrepreneur property developer, really. Something very interesting is going to happen to the [...]

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RIBA President Ruth Reed in Chelmsford

On Wednesday the new, first woman president of the Royal Institute of British Architects continued her tour of the East of England with a stop off in Chelmsford to see the new Salvation Army Citadel and to meet local architects and architecture students from Anglia Ruskin University. Working for a Chelmsford architect myself I was [...]

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Delicious Bookmarks for July 20th to August 18th

These are my Delicious Links for July 20th through August 18th: House 2.0: New Homes Too Small – "Doesn't it start at planning stage where there appears to be a basic assumption that smaller is more acceptable? We build small homes, then the ones next to them cannot be seen to 'dominate' the street scene, [...]

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Delicious Bookmarks for July 4th to July 7th

These are my Delicious Links for July 4th through July 7th: Marketing Handbook for the Design & Construction Professional “These days, driving new business is the key to your survival, and this highly acclaimed marketing tool is your key to driving new business … “This all-new and thoroughly revised handbook covers every aspect of marketing [...]

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What Good Architects Do No. 2: Make Connections

All good designers are great at joining things together. A classic example is the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the German Pavilion at Barcelona (1929) rather disappointingly alluded to by Kevin McCloud in a recent episode of the UK TV programme Grand Designs. I say disappointing because the essence of the German Pavilion [...]

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How to get Planning Permission – Without any surprises

Everyone wants planning permission. Why? Because it adds value to their property and enables them to achieve their objectives. Getting a good planning consent is not as easy as it used to be, and if you are going to reap the benefits, you will also be taking the financial risk of making the application. All [...]

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What I know about ‘Small’ Wind Turbines

Last year one of Barefoot & Gilles Architects’ new buildings became the first in Suffolk to have a Gazelle Wind Turbine, to comply with Ipswich Borough Council’s new 10% Renewables Policy. The building is the New 30,000 sft Headquarters for MSC (UK) Ltd, the agents of the world’s second largest shipping line, Mediterranean Shipping Company. [...]

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