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Category Archives: Architecture/Design
Hand-Made in Norfolk
There was a distinctly ‘hand-made’ feel to Pecha Kucha Norwich Vol.3 at Cinema City on Sunday evening.
Posted in Architecture/Design
Tagged Bernard Chauly, Jo Stafford, pecha kucha, Rachel Rayns, Steve Appleton
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Do I look FAT in this?
I was intrigued to see some coverage of Ruralise’s Tayler and Green feature on ‘Fantastic Journal’, the architecture and design blog of Charles Holland, a Director at architects FAT.
Looking Forward…
Hope you all enjoyed the Tayler and Green ‘feature’ – but now a look into the future, rather than the past. The architectural community in Norwich is eagerly anticipating the start of a new degree-course in architecture at Norwich University … Continue reading
Tayler and Green #11 – Critical Regionalism?
A pervading narrative in UK housing-design is that of ‘local distinctiveness’. The idea that new homes should ‘fit in’, or ‘reflect local character’, is enshrined in national and local planning guidance. For house-builders – and most of the local authority … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged affordable housing, context, Critical Regionalism, David Green, design quality, design/architecture, fitting in, Frampton, Herbert Tayler, history, house-builders, local distinctiveness, Loddon, materials, modernism, Norfolk, normal, pastiche, Tayler and Green, vernacular
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Tayler & Green #10 – Refusing to Indulge the Un-Homely
In a most arresting passage of Alan Power’s essay in ‘Tayler and Green 1938-1973: The Spirit of Place in Modern Housing’, he describes one of the main differences between Tayler and Green’s approach and the ethos of ‘mainstream’ Modernism. It … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged affordable housing, colour, Critical Regionalism, David Green, design quality, design/architecture, domesticity, Herbert Tayler, history, local distinctiveness, Loddon, modernism, Norfolk, normal, pattern, Tayler and Green, The Sublime, through-store, trellis, Un-homely, Unhomely
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Tayler and Green #9 – Composition
Tayler and Green’s preference for terraces over more conventional semis was partly due to their impact in the landscape. Tayler had come to believe that semis looked wrong in a rural context – like ‘a row of pointed teeth, with … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged affordable housing, composition, Critical Regionalism, David Green, design quality, design/architecture, Herbert Tayler, history, landscape, local distinctiveness, Loddon, modernism, Norfolk, normal, orientation, parker and unwin, radburn planning, semi, Tayler and Green, terrace
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Tayler and Green #7 – A Kit of Parts
Loddon Council’s most pressing need, reflected in its initial briefings to Tayler and Green, was for family homes (one four-bed house for every seven three-beds), but very soon the Council introduced single-storey two-bed units into the mix, for older residents. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged affordable housing, bungalow, Critical Regionalism, David Green, Davy Place, design quality, design/architecture, Egan, Geldeston, Herbert Tayler, history, Kells Acre, local distinctiveness, Loddon, modernism, Norfolk, normal, Rethinking Construction, Tayler and Green
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Tayler & Green #6 – From Semi to Terrace
Despite Tayler and Green’s stipulation about not working rigidly with standard Minstry house-types, the first two projects for Loddon Rural District Council (five pairs at Leman Grove in Loddon and seven at College Road, Thurlton) were closely based on their … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged affordable housing, Critical Regionalism, David Green, design quality, design/architecture, Ditchingham, Herbert Tayler, history, local distinctiveness, Loddon, modernism, Norfolk, normal, orientation, semi, Tayler and Green, terrace, wide-fronted house, Windmill Green
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