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• John Wheatley obituary

  24-09-2024 17:59
  My father, John Wheatley, who has died aged 86, was an architect with a remarkably diverse range of work.He established John Wheatley Architects in 1968, running the practice from home alongside his teaching commitments, and his students made good use of this, through field visits or on placements. Some of them went on to become employees and partners as the practice expanded over the years. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Places to heal, not to harm’: why brutal prison design kills off hope

  24-09-2024 06:00
  
  From razor-wire fences and crumbling cells to no windows and overcrowding, conditions in most jails mean rehabilitation is a nonstarter. Here’s how we can create better spaces for prisonersArriving at a prison – any prison – still makes my heart race a little faster. I have been to more than 100 prisons for my research into how architecture and design can assist in rehabilitating offenders. But my first visit after 18 months of lockdown, to a prison deep in one of England&rsquo
  
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