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• Tim Wallis obituary

  13-05-2025 18:50
  My father, Tim Wallis, who has died aged 86, was a senior architect for Avon county and Bristol city councils. He specialised first in public housing but spent the majority of his career designing schools and colleges. Some of his better known buildings are the Michael Tippett Centre at Bath Spa University, and the Ralph Allen Building at Bath College.Tim studied architecture at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in the late 1950s, learning under Colin St John Wilson. There Tim explored painting, art and
  
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• Australia’s best new sustainable homes of 2025 – in pictures

  13-05-2025 17:00
  A pre-fab cabin and a beach house designed for a growing family are among the properties shortlisted in the sustainability category of the Houses awards, Australia’s premier residential design prize. This year’s seven-panel jury noted ‘the radical idea of doing less’, with low-impact renovations that prove you don’t need to demolish to make something remarkable Continue reading...
  
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