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Tag Archives: design/architecture
Frampton and Pallasmaa on Regionalism
Given the theme of local distinctiveness I’ve been kicking around recently on Ruralise, I thought I should finally get round to re-reading the only ‘proper’ architectural writing I can call to mind on the subject – Kenneth Frampton’s 1983 essay … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged Critical Regionalism, design/architecture, Frampton, local distinctiveness, modernism, Norfolk, Pallasmaa, Post-Modernism, styles, Tayler and Green
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On ‘Fitting In’
I recently attended a ‘stakeholder workshop’ on South Norfolk’s new draft design guide being prepared by the Council’s own Design and Conservation team and Tibbalds. It was an interesting session. I was quite encouraged at the widely held opinion in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design
Tagged context, Design Guide, design quality, design/architecture, local distinctiveness, South Norfolk
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Thatch-fest #3
Thanks to Rob Morrison (@morrisonbrink) for pointing me at this contemporary thatched house by Moering Architects in Germany. And I think there’s another thatched project on their website here, which looks even frutier; I hope they get to build it.
Posted in Architecture/Design
Tagged contemporary, design/architecture, materials, roofs, thatch
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The Wide-Fronted House #4
In a recent post I described how the square-on-plan semi, with front and back living rooms became ‘universal’ during the inter-War period. Private house-builders built three-quarters of the 4 million news homes produced in the period, mostly without the help … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design
Tagged design/architecture, hedges, house-builders, pastiche, rural archetypes, wide-fronted house
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Tesco Self-Build?
A piece on one of BD Online’s blog today was stressing about the prospect of Tesco getting involved in the UK self-build market, and idea which Housing Minister Grant Shapps has been toying with this week according to Building Design … Continue reading
The Wide-Fronted House #3
The terraced house was the norm for new homes during the late nineteenth century up to the First World War (see previous post), but thereafter it was the semi-detached house that emerged as the standard format for council-housing and private … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design
Tagged 1944 Housing Manual, design/architecture, English Semi-Detached House, English Terraced House, history, house-builders, rural archetypes, semi, Tayler and Green, terrace, Tudor Walters Report, wide-fronted house
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The Wide-Fronted House #2
In a previous post (way back in October!) I wrote about the wide-fronted house, the third of four ‘rural archetypes’ I described during the tour of Norfolk I did for Beyond Green last summer. I explained that the three- then … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged design/architecture, English Terraced House, history, parker and unwin, rural archetypes, wide-fronted house
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Contemporary Vernacular?
Coming back to the issue of special and normal buildings (as I did in the last post), put me in mind of a house which I drive past occasionally on my way up to Holkham Hall, where Lucas Hickman Smith … Continue reading
Two Weeks, Two Talks.
Aqua Design asked me today via Twitter whether I’d posted anything recently that they could run in their e-newsletter The Great Architects Daily (they’ve pointed to a couple of my recent posts). I had to confess that I have slowed … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design
Tagged design/architecture, FANN-XI, Kiln, Norfolk, sheds, simplicity, Tayler and Green
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Contemporary Rural Architecture: Setting an Example
I’m giving a talk to the AGM of CPRE Norfolk in July, and the next issue of their newsletter will carry a ‘trailer’ for the talk in the form of a short article about Ruralise. Last week, the editor set … Continue reading
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Tagged CPRE, design/architecture, Dualchas, modernism, roofs, Skye, vernacular
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