In which we talk about redevelopment and green space
Published at 6:34 pm on June 10th, 2010
Filed under: Political.
Having just moved house, we’re very aware right now that in the south-west, affordable housing is hard to find. It might be getting harder, too. Yesterday’s news included an announcement that local councils will be able to block developments on garden land.
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Keyword noise: brownfield, development, garden, garden grabbing, green space, housing, planning, redevelopment, Symbolic Towers.
In which your author becomes a rather paranoid architectural historian
Published at 6:13 pm on June 8th, 2010
Filed under: Dear Diary.
In field archaeology, there’s a subtle process that field workers undergo called “getting your eye in”. A plain brown swathe of earth, after a few hours’ work, becomes suddenly a complex landscape of shade and texture. A mass of tumbled stone becomes a distinct sequence of structural building and collapse. All of a sudden, the things on the ground start to make sense.
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Keyword noise: archaeology, architecture, buildings, floor, floorboards, history, house, Symbolic Towers.