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Three projects, Calver, Derbyshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Russell Light
Russell Light
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School of Architectural StudiesUniversity of SheffieldThe Arts TowerWestern BankSheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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Abstract

This essay explores the problem of creating a contemporary architecture for a rural setting with a strong indigenous character. It focuses on a series of three inter-related projects, designed by a team which includes the author, for the village of Calver in the Derbyshire Peak District. One of these projects, ‘The Orchard’ is presented in some detail to illustrate the investigation of an architecture that can be simultaneously cognisant of both broad cultural ideas and rooted to the specifics of a local cultural context.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Winter 1995, pp. 22 - 29
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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