Women represent only 31% of all registered architects in the UK and the RIBA has just announced its one year action plan to turn this situation around.
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill is currently going through the House of Parliament with last minute amendments.
Yesterday was spent in the offices of Somerset Council in Yeovil attending a hearing into the refusal of 46 houses on prime agricultural land in a sensitive landscape.
The purpose of design is to make the ordinary extraordinary. The best designers are the ones who find good clients.
Planning permission and listed building consent was granted today for internal alterations to this two storey house.
What do we women do differently from men? The fact that we think twice before sending our invoices and fee proposals.
My days are definitely numbered – having tried without success to upload a planning application I have been stymied at the final hurdle.
A beautiful seemly unspoilt thatched mediaeval house with stone mullion windows and all the traits of an early hall house but is it?
It won’t have escaped anyone’s notice that I am dissatisfied with the planning system but now I have another anecdote.
This latest testimonial – not from a client but from a Building Control Officer is a very welcome compliment, worth sharing.