Time for a reality check: for us and the TV property experts
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Property makeover programs telecast in the UK that appear to exploit the British commitment to home ownership are discussed. It is observed that programs such as 'The Million Pound Property Experiment' feed fantasies of converting modest properties into million pound homes and it is advocated that architects should rather offer their services in the small works category to better demonstrate their design expertise.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2004
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Hallowed walls are causing the profession to crumble
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Londoners are rightly obsessed with party walls, due to their earlier manifestation was responsible for the Great Fire of 1666. Depending on one's tendency to be either an optimist or pessimist, the Great Fire can be regarded as having created either the twin evils of party walls and building regulations.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2005
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Time for a reality check as we seek to invent the future
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The providing of the real information by the stereotype architects plays an important role to get positive response for the subject. The views on new generation in the field of architecture, their ambitions and different projects related to the reality situations are presented.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2005
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