Dowen Farmer Architects has won planning permission for 11 homesSource: Blackpoint DesignDowen Farmer Architects has won planning permission for 11 homesSource: Dowen Farmer ArchitectsDowen Farmer Architects has won planning permission for 11 homesSource: Dowen Farmer Architects1/3show captionMaddox Planning, working with Dowen Farmer Architects, has won planning permission for 11 homes at Weston Hall in Weston Longville, Norfolk.The client is Serruys Ltd.The site is located within the grounds of the grade-II listed Weston Hall estate and alongside the River Wensum. Dowen Farmers design seeks to balance sustainable development with the preservation of the historic and natural environment.To meet nutrient neutrality requirements - a legal obligation to prevent pollution in protected waterways - the scheme incorporates a treatment plant designed to reduce nutrient pollution levels.James Maddox, founder of Maddox Planning, commented: When our client first approached us, this site had a challenging and complicated planning history, and they were unsure how to move forward.We teamed up with Tom Farmer and James Dowen to craft a stunning vision for the site, transforming it into 11 luxurious new homes set in an incredible location along the River Wensum This is what great collaboration achieves.Dowen Farmer Architects has adopted a design strategy that seeks to blend contemporary architectural elements with the sites historical and natural context. The listed stables on the estate are set to be sensitively refurbished, with glazing carefully introduced to frame views of the River Wensum.Source: Dowen Farmer ArchitectsDowen Farmer Architects has won planning permission for 11 homesThe development was submitted under Paragraph 80 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which allows new homes in rural areas if they meet exceptional design quality standards.The design teams landscape-driven approach seeks to integrate the new homes with the surrounding woodland and the estates natural topography.The existing walled garden, while not a listed feature, has informed Dowen Farmers design strategy. Contemporary low-rise dwellings with green roofs are planned within this space, with traditional boundary walls defining private garden areas. Parts of the walled garden will also be opened to create visual links to the surrounding landscape, including the nearby woodland, river, and fisheries.

Source: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry Woide1/6show captionTHISS Studio has undertaken a retrofit of a Victorian terraced house in Waltham Forest, North East London, transforming the ground floor to provide a more functional and brighter family space. The design seeks to address the clients needs without extending the property, aiming to reduce the environmental impact and cost associated with construction.The project reimagines the homes ground floor layout, which the client previously felt to be cramped and dark, to maximise its existing footprint.THISS Studio sought to meet the familys brief by including a larger kitchen, better garden connectivity, and more workspace. The decision to avoid a more carbon-intensive extension allowed the budget to be redirected towards finishes and furnishings.The architects describe their intervention as prioritising sustainability, with no new concrete used and all works carried out on the homes existing foundations. FSC-certified timber and recycled materials feature heavily in the design.Practice founder Sash Scott commented: Building bigger does not always mean youll have a space with functionality and quality. We worked with our clients to understand what they really needed as a family, which was actually better, more usable space.He added: In rethinking the home as a team, we have saved a huge amount of carbon and allowed our clients budget to be redirected into quality, more sustainable materials and fittings that means their home has a sense of beauty, and they will love being there for many years to come.Source: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry WoideSource: Henry Woide1/8show captionThe centrepiece of the retrofit is a reconfigured kitchen-diner, where the architects removed a section of the floor to create additional ceiling height, enhancing the sense of openness. Natural light is introduced through three oversized sash windows, while bespoke joinery, including a handmade kitchen crafted from FSC-certified pine, reflects an emphasis on renewable materials.The clients remarked: THISS Studio has done a terrific job in opening up the space to suit our familys needs. The two front rooms have a really beautiful feel and so much more practical space, serving now as an office and family room.They added: The kitchen, previously very boxed in and dark, is now light, airy and uplifting The careful rethinking of space has avoided the environmental impact of an extension, instead creating something better and more beautiful within a footprint we could afford.A circular terracotta-tiled patio connects the interiors to the garden.The project also includes the restoration of the original sitting room - previously converted into a kitchen - at the front of the property, which has been repurposed as a living and study space. New additions to the ground floor include a small WC and utility room.Externally, a curved aluminium canopy has been introduced to provide shading for south-facing windows. The canopy has been laser cut from recycled aluminium.Project teamLocation: Waltham Forest, LondonProject size: 64 square metresConstruction began: May 2023Completion: May 2024Architect: THISS StudioInterior design: THISS StudioDesign team: THISS StudioStructural Engineer: Detail SDPhotographer: Henry WoideStylist: Beth GoldingProductsPaint:Terracotta tiles: SolusKitchen: THISS Studio, Lee GonzalezAcoustic panels: TroldtektMetalwork: David Butcher

Theresa Jane Blakeley, principal of Jersey-based JFA Architects, was removed from the professions official register following a hearing by the ARBs professional conduct committee last week.The panel heard that Blakeley had been convicted in March of breaching the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007 as well as the countrys common law, and ruled that her behaviour amounted to unacceptable professional conduct.According to the ARB, a police report said that Blakeley completed an online application in 2021 for income support benefit to help with rent payments, and claimed she was paying her 93-year-old mother 1,900 per month rent.AdvertisementHowever, when no such payments were found on bank statements, Blakeley said she was instead deducting the sums from amounts owed to her by the landlord her mother for renovations she was making to the property.But her brother told investigating officers that he had power of attorney for their mother, who was partially sighted and had limited mobility; that no rent had been received since 2009; and that there was no lease agreement or consent for alterations to the home.Police determined an overpayment of income support benefit of 5,740.59.In March this year Blakeley pleaded guilty to two offences of benefit fraud.She was convicted of furnishing false information regarding a tenancy agreement and payment of rent, as well as falsely claiming rent monies had been paid.Magistrates sentenced her to eight months imprisonment or 140 hours of community service.AdvertisementThe ARB was notified of the conviction by an anonymous source and opened an investigation.Blakeley accepted that she had pleaded guilty and not sought to appeal the conviction.While she admitted the convictions brought her personal reputation into disrepute, she denied that the reputation of the wider profession had been adversely affected.However, the committee declared itself satisfied that the convictions were materially relevant to fitness to practise as an architect.It added that a local news story about the convictions was available via the internet and ruled the reputation of the wider profession had been brought into disrepute.Public confidence in the profession would be undermined if there was no finding that the convictions were materially relevant to fitness to practise, it said.It concluded that her conduct was so serious that only removal from the register will protect the public, uphold professional standards and maintain public confidence in the profession.Blakeley was a council member at the Association of Jersey Architects from 2020 to 2023. She has been contacted for comment.2024-11-26Greg Pitchercomment and share

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the ARB decided to revise its code of conduct for architects to ensure competence and ethical practice remain at the forefront. The revised code is being consulted on now and there is still time to respond if you havent already done so.The simplification from twelve to six standards within the code is welcome and the emphasis on competence is very important in setting out a clear framework of conduct. However, I was surprised and saddened to see the word care disappear from this draft code.The first time I came across the term care in relation to architecture and professionalism was at university, during my diploma at London Metropolitan University. The head of school at the time, Robert Mull, introduced us to the notion that the architects role and responsibilities centre on an understanding of care that relates to the social and environmental impact of our actions.AdvertisementLater in my career, I took great solace in the expression reasonable care and skill. Again, defining what is reasonable is less relevant, but for those of us at the beginning of our careers, having something concrete that sets out ethical boundaries to our responsibilities is reassuring. Its a sort of social contract that I subscribe to and a mantra.Its true that care doesnt replace or override competence and its also true that being competent doesnt mean you dont care. But considering current technological advancements and the rise of AI, I believe care should be an essential guiding principle for practice and should be highlighted across all six of the standards: honesty and integrity, public interest, competence, professional practice, communication and collaboration, and respect.By adding care as a core principle, greater emphasis on our planetary boundaries and constraints could be addressed, as well as evolving technological advancements.In a world that is slow to invest in practical implementation for improving our carbon consumption and slow to regulate the technological advancements of AI, the revised code should be looking to think more long term and not just focus on issues relating to competence and potential inadequacy of continued professional development. Its important that it looks forward and deals with the critical issues that will maintain or expand the professions relevance.Care as I define it here is critical as an innately human characteristic. As architects and humans, we have a duty of care to the environment and people affected by our projects. Dont forget that carelessness leads to oversights and lack of accountability and is behind much of the negligence in the industry.AdvertisementIts also important to note that, as we navigate the complexities of AI and automated design tools, we need to ensure technology enhances rather than diminishes human judgment and creativity. The balance between efficiency and empathy becomes increasingly critical as our practice evolves.Another proposed consideration I would like to see in a revised code would be to change public interest to public and planetary interest, so acknowledging the fundamental connection between human wellbeing and ecological health. This shift would recognise our professions duty of care to future generations and the interconnected social and environmental impact of our decisions. There may also be an opportunity to improve on the duty of the architect to carry out diagnostics and explicitly support recommendations for retrofitting and adapting existing built infrastructure. The revised code should empower architects to champion sustainable alternatives, prioritising reuse and transformation over demolition.As an architect working for the public sector and also a chartered member of the RIBA, Ive tried to make sense of the boundaries of my duties and responsibilities between this and the Nolan principles of standards in public life. I made a diagram to try and understand the interdependencies between the standards and the principles. The result is a constellation of good ingredients. Most importantly, care is at the centre because it is fundamental to responsible architectural practice.It's not too late to show you care by submitting your thoughts to the ARBs consultation by December 12.Cristina Monteiro is an architect, author and co-founder of DK-CM2024-11-26Will Hurstcomment and share

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Looking forthe most recentMini Crossword answer?Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles.TheNew York Times Crossword Puzzleis legendary. But if you don't have that much time, theMini Crosswordis an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old-school NYT Crossword, and you probably can complete it in a couple of minutes. But if you're stuck, we've got the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times' games collection. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visitCNET's NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini CrosswordLet's get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers. The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Nov. 26, 2024. NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini across clues and answers1A clue: Joint that can be "flicked"Answer: WRIST6A clue: Official state sport of South Dakota, Texas and WyomingAnswer: RODEO7A clue: Phone pop-upAnswer: ALERT8A clue: First thing you typically get at a buffetAnswer: PLATE9A clue: Poetry eventAnswer: SLAMMini down clues and answers1D clue: Sandwich alternativeAnswer: WRAP2D clue: Toilet paper unitsAnswer: ROLLS3D clue: Best-caseAnswer: IDEAL4D clue: Big name in mattressesAnswer: SERTA5D clue: Ancestral emblemAnswer: TOTEMHow to play more Mini CrosswordsThe New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day's Mini Crossword for free, but you'll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer?Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Connections puzzles.Strands doesn't get as much attention as its New York Times game siblingsWordleandConnections, but it can be just as challenging and entertaining. Strands just moved out of beta, so it's now in the New York Times' official Games app, which might bring it more fans. I go into depth about therules for Strands in this story.If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visitCNET's NYT puzzle hints page.Read more:NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So FarHow to play NYT Strands1.Use today's theme to look for words relating to that topic. See one? Drag or click the letters in order. Click on the last letter twice to submit your guess. If you've found a theme word, it'll light up in blue and stay that way.2.Other words you find are considered hint words that give you clues to the theme words. Find three hint words (they must have at least four letters each) and the game will reward you by showing you a theme word. But if you can't unscramble it, find three more hint words and the game will highlight the theme word's letters in order.3.Hunt for thespangram, a special theme word that spans the entire puzzle, though it could flow across or top to bottom. It summarizes the puzzle theme.4.When you're done, you'll have used every letter on the board in either a theme word or spangram. Theme words fill the entire board and do not overlap.Hint for today's Strands puzzleToday's Strands theme is:Open-and-shut case.If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Carry your stuff.Clue words to unlock in-game hintsYour goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle's theme. If you're stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:BEAR, SEEN, BACK, REAL, BACKS, BELT, HALF, FELT, BOSS, HAND, BATE, BEST, CROSS, FETE, BODYAnswers for today's Strands puzzleThese are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you've got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:TOTE, BARREL, BUCKET, DUFFEL, CROSSBODY, MESSENGERToday's Strands spangramToday's Strands spangram isHANDBAGS. To find it, start with the H that's five letters down on the far left, and wind across. The completed NYT Strands puzzle for Nov. 26, 2024. NYT/Screenshot by CNET

OpinionNovember 25, 20245 min readConfronting the Dangers of Silent Spread Is Necessary to Prevent Future PandemicsWe need targeted public health interventions to reduce transmission from asymptomatically infected individuals. Like COVID, silently spreading pathogens can lead to far more infections and fatalitiesBy Joshua S. Weitz Bymuratdeniz/Getty ImagesThe telltale runny nose of a common cold, or the fever and aches associated with the flu, mark the way we classify respiratory illnesseswith their symptoms. Public health messaging relies on these symptoms, urging those who are symptomatic to stay home and avoid others. That makes sense. It reduces the risk that one case becomes many.But what if transmission is not necessarily linked to symptoms? COVID has shown that diseases can lead to catastrophic societal harm when they spread without symptoms. Hence, preventing future pandemics requires greater investment in targeted public health interventions to reduce transmissionincluding from infected individuals who feel fine.Indeed, asymptomatic transmission was essential to COVIDs transition from a fast-moving outbreak in Wuhan, China, in early 2020 into a global pandemic that led to more than one million reported fatalities in the U.S. by May of 2022. People who felt fine transmitted their infection to others before developing symptoms (during a presymptomatic phase) or even if they never developed symptoms. Comparisons of early outbreak data revealed that approximately half of infected individuals were asymptomatic. That would be good news if asymptomatic infections were nontransmissible. But that wasnt the case.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.On February 23, 2020, researchers from China, France and the U.S. released a joint analysis of more than 450 COVID transmission events in 93 cities in China. The analysis focused on the serial interval: the time between when someone exhibits symptoms and when the person they infect exhibits symptoms. Counter to expectations, the analysis showed that COVIDs serial intervals were often less than zero, meaning individuals exhibited symptoms before the person that infected them. These statistics were evidence of rampant presymptomatic transmission. Public health experts tried to raise the alarm that efforts to stop transmission via symptom screening (e.g., testing for elevated temperature or shortness of breath) were bound to fail and that unprecedented measures were needed to fight back.The deadly consequences of asymptomatic transmission soon arrived in the U.S. On March 10, 2020, the Skagit Valley Chorale gathered outside Seattle for a rehearsal. Despite efforts to limit physical contact, within a few days it was evident that someone in the group had unwittingly infected others. Ultimately, 53 of the 61 attendees were infected, and two died. This superspreading event revealed that COVID could spread in the air in the absence of symptoms. Yet the relevance of asymptomatic transmission remained contested. On June 8, 2020, a top WHO official declared that asymptomatic transmission was very rare. The pandemic was raging, but we were losing precious time to confront silent spread. The consequences were grave. As head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Anthony Fauci noted in August 2020: I've never seen a viral disease in which you have such a wide breadth of symptoms, ranging from no symptoms at all, in 4045 percent of cases, to severe enough to kill you. Asymptomatic transmission represents a double-edged sword. Individual outcomes may be better, but silent spread leads to many more infections that can lead to worse outcomes for the population.What can be done to reduce asymptomatic transmission? Initial responses to the pandemic involved limitations on gatherings and stay-at-home orders. But COVIDs unusual mix of severe and asymptomatic outcomes catalyzed a diverse group of stakeholders to invest in unconventional approaches to reduce the risk of silent spread. These approaches include real-time risk assessment, large-scale rapid testing, context-specific masking and improved indoor air quality. Each of these has a complementary role in reducing silent spread, and if implemented at scale, they can be essential weapons in the ongoing fight against pathogens of pandemic potential.In the absence of symptoms, real-time risk assessment powered by outbreak models and disseminated via mobile-accessible dashboards could function as a threat forecast. These dashboards could provide mapped information on a variety of infectious disease risks, including upsurges of COVID reported in wastewater. People could then decide to avoid events whose risk exceeded their tolerance. However, even if someone attends an event, the use of on-site rapid testing and masks could limit infections. This could be an enormous force for good, especially in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, which had a disproportionately large fraction of overall COVID fatalities. Irrespective of individual action-taking, infrastructure investments in indoor air quality (via improved filtering, air turnover rates and upper room UV-C sterilization) could improve health outcomes.Finally, we must commit significant resources to the development and effective dissemination of vaccines both in the U.S. and globallyespecially in developing countries. The production of billions of doses of vaccines just a year after COVIDs emergence represents an incredible validation of the power of basic research and public-private partnerships. However, producing vaccines does not always translate to getting shots into arms. Public health agencies must improve messaging to explain both why individuals can benefit from vaccines, when they should get vaccines (and boosters) and what each vaccine is meant to do. In the case of COVID, mRNA vaccines were shown to reduce rates of symptomatic illness by more than 90 percent. Yet these vaccines do not prevent all infections. This means vaccinated individuals can still get infected, test positive and infect othersbut their risk of severe outcomes decreases. This is precisely the point. But the fact that vaccines did not provide perfect protection against infection (asymptomatic or otherwise) has accelerated the rampant spread of misinformation that threatens to diminish vaccine uptakenot just for influenza and COVID but also for preventable childhood diseases, including measles.Nearly five years have elapsed since early warning signs emerged of a novel coronavirus spreading in Wuhan fueled by asymptomatic transmission that would soon lead to a global pandemic. At the time, the risk to public health and socioeconomic stability seemed far removed. Since then scientists, public health experts, government agencies and the biotech sector have developed a suite of countermeasures to confront the dangers of silent spreadyet there is more to do, including identifying the consequences of the silent spread of avian influenza in wild and domestic animals. Translating this momentum into data-driven threat assessments, high-impact interventions (spanning testing and air quality improvements), faster vaccine deployments and more effective messaging from doctors and public health agencies is essential to reduce the ongoing burden of COVID; these actions will better prepare the world to identify, prevent and respond to threats of pandemics to comebefore it is too late.This is an opinion and analysis article, and the views expressed by the author or authors are not necessarily those of Scientific American.

Cities: Skylines 2 studio blames ongoing console delay on "hardware limitations"But release remains "top priority".Image credit: Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on Nov. 25, 2024 Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has admitted it's still no closer to announcing a console release date for the beleaguered city builder sequel, having run into what it calls "hardware limitations" impacting performance on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.Cities: Skylines 2 was originally due to launch for Xbox and PlayStation 5 alongside the PC release last October, but Colossal Order and Paradox announced a last-minute delay, pushing it into 2024 to give it "more time to reach the quality targets we have set". However, following the game's disastrous launch on PC - plagued by complaints of poor performance and simulation issues - Paradox opted to delay its console release indefinitely.Since then, we've not heard much about the game's progress on Xbox and PlayStation, but Colossal Order has now shared on update on Steam, detailing some of the challenges it's facing bringing Cities: Skylines 2 to consoles. "Currently, we are experiencing both simulation issues (CPU) and graphics issues (GPU) which become noticeable when players take certain actions that cause frame rate drops or memory overload," it explained. "These issues are particularly challenging due to the hardware limitations of consoles."Cities: Skylines 2 gameplay trailer.Watch on YouTube"For instance," it continued, "when placing larger buildings that involve numerous entities, the system struggles to handle the data load. During the calculation process (e.g., checking if theres enough space or if any entities overlap with existing assets), performance bottlenecks arise, resulting in these noticeable issues."Colossal Order says it's managed to get the game in a "stable and playable state" on consoles by "significantly lowering the graphics quality", but adds the compromise pushes things to a level it's "not willing to make." As such, its first task is to get the graphics quality to an "acceptable level", after which, "further optimisations are needed for both simulation and memory usage before we are ready to share the console version."As to what all this means for Cities: Skylines 2's console launch date, it remains indefinitely delayed. "Until [these issues] are resolved," Colossal Order concluded, "we cannot provide a release estimate to avoid it being premature and potentially misleading. The console release remains a top priority for us, we have multiple solutions being explored with experts actively involved, and we're working hard to bring you the console version of Cities: Skylines 2."Given the string of apologies Paradox has been forced to make following Cities: Skylines 2's release (in April it said "sorry" again after releasing heavily criticised DLC) getting the console version into an "acceptable state" is certainly the right move. But seeing as the company acknowledged the PC release had "not achieved the benchmark we targeted" before launch and still pushed it out, console players would probably be wise to be wary.Colossal Order's console update comes ahead of a PC patch tomorrow, 26th November, promising "gameplay fixes, UI improvements, and more". It's also releasing the next of its free community created region packs - this one focusing on the United Kingdom - today.Speaking to Eurogamer about Paradox's troubles earlier this year - which have included delays for Prison Architect 2 and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, as well as the cancellation of Life by You - Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester admitted, "It is clear that we have made the wrong calls in several projects, especially outside of our core, and this must change."

Fortnite Chapter 6 is less than a week away, and the leaks have begun. Over the weekend, a Godzilla collaboration was teased by multiple reliable Fortnite leakers, including ShiinaBR, which fitted with repeated leaks that the game's sixth Island map would feature a Japanese theme. Now, purported artwork for Fortnite's Chapter 6 battle pass has popped up online - and Godzilla is included. The artwork appears to confirm Fortnite's upcoming Japanese theming, and also includes Baymax from Disney and Marvel's Big Hero 6. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.It seems likely we're seeing the skins set to become available in the Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1 battle pass, which also include samurai sword-toting warriors and another cat person.Other recent leaks suggest upcoming collaborations with Demon Slayer and Disney's Avatar are also due to arrive in Fortnite soon. Fortnite's all-new Chapter 6 is set to kick off this weekend, following a finale concert event for the game's current Chapter 2 Remix that's set to feature Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Juice WRLD and Ice Spice. The event will debut music from self-proclaimed Fortnite fan Juice WRLD, set to be included on the late star's new posthumously-released album. Anyone loading into Fortnite over the next few days will also be granted a Juice WRLD skin and other items free.Still, all of that feels like it's been overshadowed slightly by the announcement of Fortnite OG - the return of the game's fan-favourite original map as a new permanent mode. That arrives a week after Chapter 6's debut this weekend, next Friday 6th December.Last week, Fortnite developer Epic Games revealed another battle pass would be offered for Fortnite OG, meaning the game will now feature four available at any one time for the game's main battle royale, OG, music and Lego modes. All of these will now be wrapped into the Fortnite Crew subscription, however, which will retain it's current pricetag.