Undimmed visionary
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Jennifer Jones began training as an architect in 1947 and was part of the modernist movement which believed in the social power of architecture. Jones worked for the Greater London Council architect's department on the design of housing schemes which were intended to provide better accommodation and communities for families in the 1950s. Jones contracted multiple sclerosis and is confined to a wheelchair. She has had to give up her career and instead writes poetry. She is a socialist and campaigns for the rights of the disabled.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1992
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An architect and an inventor
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Arthur Quarmby is an architect who describes himself as an inventor. He is best known for designing earth-covered buildings and is currently working on visitor centres and camoflaged car parks in environmentally sensitive areas. Quarmby went into research and development on leaving architectural college in the 1950s. He experiments with new materials and is working on a building material made from expanded clay. Quarmby is also researching the causes of dry-rot, aerofoils and power sliding walls.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1992
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Back to a future
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Ian Hall has returned from 18 months working in RMJM's Hong Kong office. He notes the change in attitude towards public housing procurement as well as a growing concern with environmental issues. Hall sees a cahnge towards new build housing schemes with a few, powerful housing associations taking the lead. Hall is associate director at RMJM and has experience of designing business parks as well as leading multi-skilled teams.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1992
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