Adventurous spirits: Craig Downie and Jo da Silva's worldwide adventures led them both back to their great loves - architecture and engineering

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Jo da Silva, associate at Ove Arup & Partners, collaborated with Craig Downie of Studio Downie, on Hat Hill, a gallery and exhibition building for a woodland sculpture park. Da Silva worked for two years with Fosters on Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong, before settling backing into the London office. Downie spent three years at Terry Farrell, moving to Fosters before setting up practice in England in 1993. Downie and da Silva have also collaborated on the Image Bank and are to undertake a feasibility study of new facilities at the Royal Geographical Society HQ.

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Trying it at home

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John Brooke and Carol Coombes have set up a self-build house in Ealing, England, the total cost amonting to UKPd310,874. Burd Haward Marston Architects was the architect. Various aspects of the building effort are discussed.

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Pleasure Island

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A complete architecture of the perfect courtyard house of John Pardey on the Isle of Wight is discussed. The cost summary and the working details of the house is also presented.

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