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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Cheer up, The Guardian!
The Guardian Housing Network blog posted a ‘social housing gallery’ last week. I told them I thought it was a bit bleak, and that I’d rummage out some of my own snaps of council housing in Norfolk, to cheer them … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged affordable housing, design/architecture, FANN-XI, Norfolk, Tayler and Green, The Guardian Housing Network blog
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The Cork Rural Design Guide
In a recent post I talked about the impact that local ‘design guides’ might have on how developers approach the design of new housing, and previously I’d talked a bit about the Norfolk Residential Design Guide. I noted that aside … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design
Tagged Community Right to Build, Cork Rural Design Guide, design quality, design/architecture, local distinctiveness, Norfolk, pastiche, vernacular
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Community Right to Build: It’s All Gone a Bit Quiet.
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Community Right to Build (CRTB) initiative, you might be forgiven for thinking it’s gone a bit quiet recently. This is partly true; the initial flurry of interest in the press following the … Continue reading
On ‘Local Distinctiveness’
In my previous post I reflected on the complex issue of ‘local distinctiveness’. Back in 2006 I attended a seminar run by the English Historic Towns Forum entitled ‘Designing for Housing Growth: Sustaining Historic Towns’, and was quite alarmed by … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged Design Guide, design quality, design/architecture, EHTF, local distinctiveness, pastiche
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