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Loving Peter Zumthor’s work, having staid and visited a couple of his projects in Switzerland especially- Therme De Vals. I was eagerly awaiting experiencing his pavilion at the private view last night. I have to say I was left quite cold and actually found sitting in the courtyard space that was centrally open to the […]

Sri Lanka’s Construction needs Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake spoke at the Asia Society, Sept 24, 2009 in New York.The prime minister said resettling internally displaced persons (IDPs) is the country’s largest post-war challenge.However, he made clear that a full resettlement would take time. “You cannot have a solution overnight,” he stressed. Wickramanayake said […]

5.02 DESIGN A: This design is a conversion/rebuild of the existing barn and the planning application would be for conversion of an existing structure. Keeping to the same overall profile of the existing barn, the intention is to reuse the existing foundations and structure in part. There would be the most minimal disturbance of the […]

5.00 SITE STUDY AND DESIGN ANALYSIS 5.01 SITE ANALYSIS: The site occupies 2.2 acres to the South West to the South West of Brackley and is known as Brackley Castle. There are no visible remains of the Norman Castle that was once situated on this site between 1086 and 1173, apart from the profile of […]