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Tag Archives: Matthew Rice
Local Materials Faux Pas
While writing the recent posts on local building materials, I was thinking about an estate in Wymondham called Whispering Oaks. The development is set at the very northern tip of the town, over a mile from the town centre and … Continue reading
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Tagged design/architecture, house-builders, local distinctiveness, materials, Matthew Rice, Norfolk, pastiche, vernacular
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Building Norfolk
Matthew Rice’s book ‘Building Norfolk’ attracted quite a lot of attention when it was published last year; not surprisingly. It is a beautiful book full of exuberant, colourful drawings. I could write a whole other post, lamenting the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged design quality, development, history, house-builders, local distinctiveness, Matthew Rice, modernism, Norfolk, pastiche, vernacular
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