Countdown to the adoption of the new local plan following the public consultations taking place generating huge opposition to new housing allocations on the edge of our towns.
This summer I decided to spend a week on the Isles of Scilly which was the best choice of destination, sun, sea and white sand.
Mary, Richard and I met and worked together at Uppark, the Grade I National Trust house that burned down on 30 August (bank holiday Monday) in 1989.
This week is no exception with 3 new projects starting in September all from personal recommendations.
This new commission came by word of mouth as so often is the case. A Grade II listed seaside villa with works already underway but stopped for a change of approach.
Why do we do it? For reasons of integrity and for the common good because we cherish the places in which we live and work.
Just when you think nothing positive ever happens it is important to look outside the office environment and remember that despite the 99% of admin, form filling and box ticking there are some massive big wins.
Soichiro Honda famously said in 2016 ‘In fact, success represents 1 percent of your work which results only from the 99 percent that is called failure’ – never has this been so apt.
Much of what I do is not strictly in the Architect’s job description representing private clients in a court judgement or order where works have failed on site.
The projects which take the longest are the most rewarding. Some are very long in the gestation period, all are stuck in planning for aeons. Those delays can be endured but when a project has…