South House Tale
South House Tale
South House Tale

Md Al Amin Sohan

Permitted Development Rights UK for 2025: What You Need to Know

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Permitted Development Rights UK

If you’re a homeowner, landlord, or property developer in the UK, I am sure you’ve heard the term “Permitted Development Rights” (PDR). This is a pre-approved planning permission from the government, allowing you to make certain changes to your property without going through the full, often lengthy, local planning application process. But the rules are … Read more

From Rapidity to Specificity: Multiple Dimensions of Shenzhen’s Architectural Development

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© Yumeng Zhu Shenzhen is China‘s first Special Economic Zone（SEZ), serving as a window for China’s Reform and Opening-up and an emerging immigrant city. It has evolved into an influential, modern, and international metropolis, creating the world-renowned “Shenzhen Speed” and earning the reputation of the “City of Design.” Architectural design stands as the most intuitive … Read more

Staging Culture: The Architect as Curator

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‘Zero Gravity Urbanism – Principles for a New Livability’ at the Abbazia di San Gregorio, Venice. Image © Iwan Baan Architecture has never been confined to the act of building. It constantly negotiates between material practice and intellectual reflection, yet throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, many architects felt that the built project alone was … Read more