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News Release from: Valerie Hinde Architects
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 October 2004
Architect Plans Ahead
Sussex architect Valerie Hinde has set up her own practice in Petworth, with a mission to keep bad buildings off the streets!
Having worked in the county town, Chichester, for 20 years, Val is already well known amongst the region's construction professionals, and now aims to help protect the delicate nature of the unique local environment "Sussex town and country landscapes are evolving faster than at any anytime in the last 50 years," she says
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 15 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"It takes some skill to make sure they are not blighted by poorly thought out buildings or development." Current causes of change include the need for a considerable amount of new housing in the South East, pending National Park status and changing work patterns as more people set up home offices.
The post-war building boom concentrated a lot of new housing stock into New Towns and suburban developments, but now the pressure is spread more evenly across the county.
"Thirty years from now people will look back and judge our stewardship of the area.
I'd like to think that we can go down as a responsible, caring and sensitive generation." The main focus for Val's start-up work load is domestic extensions and alterations, in-fill housing developments, subtle conversion of older buildings for contemporary uses, church restoration and conservation projects.
Val is highly qualified in the conservation field and has lead projects on some notable buildings, including Porchester Castle and Fort Cumberland on the coast for English Heritage, The Quaker Meeting House in Ifield, and several of Sussex's oldest churches.
"These were high profile building," says Val.
"But I delight in bringing the same skills to even the most modest private projects, where good design will add to the value of the property and meet the changing needs of the occupant.".
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