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Planning Permission Granted for London’s Largest Ever Affordable Self-Build Housing Scheme

Community self-build group, the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (a.k.a RUSS) has unanimously been granted planning approval for an innovative 33 home scheme on a brownfield school site on Church Grove in Lewisham. The 800 strong Lewisham-based Community Land Trust (CLT) teamed up with renowned sustainability ... 

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Bicester Eco Business Centre – Students visit site to see Passivhaus progress

The Bicester Eco Business Centre commissioned by Cherwell District Council and being constructed by Kier Group is well underway on site. Forming one of the cornerstones of the new zero-carbon exemplar masterplan of Bicester Eco Town, it will form a significant landmark in 'the local centre'. When complete, the ... 

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ASBP Healthy Building Conference 2018

Ben Humphries, Director at Architype, was among the invited to speak at the ASBP Conference on the 14th February 2018,  focussing on new metrics in post occupancy evaluation studies for healthy buildings. Keynote speaker Prof Steven Holgate from the University of Southampton set the scene with a ... 

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The first of two new Passivhaus social housing schemes in Swansea completes

Architype were appointed by Swansea Council to design the first new-build social housing schemes commissioned by the local authority in 40 years. Located on 2 separate suburban sites in the north of the city, planning permission was granted for a combined 30 new homes, designed to the rigorous Passivhaus ... 

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The Enterprise Centre – Commercial Project of the Year!

In recent years, the CIBSE Building Performance Awards have become an increasingly anticipated highlight of the awards season at Architype. Although traditionally aimed at engineering disciplines, CIBSE represents a critical area of our practice; ... 

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RIBA BIM Expo

Following lots of interest at a well attending BIM expo in 2017, RIBA WM organised an extended 2 day event in January this year, welcoming over 500 architecture and design students from the UK and South America alongside 200 built environment professionals. The BIM Expo aimed to uncover the ... 

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