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Studio in the Woods 2018

5-8thJuly Wyre Community Land Trust, Worcester, UK SITW is the experience of the raw art of making. It’s an opportunity to connect to a material through the process of constantly working with it physically and rigorously, collaborating with inspiring individuals and collectively ... 

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OnGreening Nest, Bologna

I was recently asked by Alfonso Senatore, the founder of the Ongreening web platform to present our work at the University of East Anglia Enterprise Centre building as part of a 4-day seminar ... 

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Playing with Wood – Hands-on Summer Schools

I’ve always been a hands on person, so after seeing photos of a friends experience building small projects at Hello Wood Summer School last year, I knew what I wanted to do with my summer ’16. Unable to pick one single course, (for fear of missing out!), my holiday from architecture, rapidly turned into what one ... 

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The University of Sheffield – Live Projects with RUSS

Last week 12 Masters in Architecture students from the University of Sheffield visited our London Office to kick off their Live Projects work for the RUSS (Rural Urban Synthesis Society). Live Projects are an ... 

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The Venice Biennale 2016 – Reporting from the Front

My first experience of the Biennale was 2 years ago when Rem Koolhaus directed the main exhibitions. My partner and myself, both architects never really expected to attend the next one, but when we heard that it was to be directed by the innovative socially minded Chilean Architect Alejandro Aravena we decided it was ... 

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Architype schools prove performance in nationwide study

In a study commissioned by government organisation, Innovate UK, two of Architype’s school projects have been compared in a nationwide selection of non-domestic buildings. The purpose has been to demonstrate which strategies in design and construction work the best, and which pitfalls should be avoided to meet the ... 

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