Task 7. Urban Spaces

Market Square Known as the Old Market Square, the square sits in the heart of Nottingham and has always been the centre of this ever-growing city. The square plays host to many events throughout the year and also houses various businesses’ bringing life to this space. In 2004, a competition to the...

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Task 6. Critical Analysis 2

Up and down the country, Maggie Centres have been making the difference to family (and friends), helping people through troubling times in their lives. No one ever wishes for a loved one to be given bad news on health, and it is something hard to accept yourself, however this is where the Maggie Centres...

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Task 5. Critical Analysis 1

For this task we have been asked to look back at the RIBA Stirling award Prize winners since the turn of the millennium, choosing our favourite and least favourite buildings/concept. Favourite Building/Concept – Accordia, Winner of 2008 Stirling Prize This is a project which I have admired...

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Term 2 Review

As I did for the first term, I would like to talk about how this second term has gone in terms of work and also socially. This term, the work load has certainly increased compared to that of first term. First term it seems that the work was just to ease us into the way of life of university and the work demand. However this term the deadlines have seemed to flow thick and fast, meaning I’ve had...

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House Extension Project

This project quickly followed the LifeBox project (which if you have read my blog about that project I was happily to see go). When we were given to project brief for this I was very excited to say the least; working on a real project with a real client is the way I want to work. In the first week...

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Task 4. Re-Appropriating The Past

In this task, we have been asked to walk around the Lace Market and uncover an Industrial Revolution era factory or commercial building which has been redeveloped and converted into new accommodation, retail, leisure or either a residential building. As I live within the Lace Market, I walk through...

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