Swillington Primary School by Architype has obtained planning permission. The building which is on track for Passivhaus certification as well as BREEAM Very Good is due to start to site this spring.

Social Enterprise: Lessons for Architects Anna Holder and Cristina Cerulli of Studio Polpo will be talking at Architecture Sans  Frontiers two day seminar which will be looking at " Innovative architectural practice embracing social entrepreneurship, leading to the ethical transformation of communities worldwide."

Studio Polpo at Footsey 2011 Stuart Thomason of the Young Foundation, and Director of Studio Polpo ran a workshop at this years Footsey, the Social Economy Trade Fair. The workshop entitled 'Social Growth - 'Making the Big Society more than just a slogan' looked at how local authorities can support and work with social enterprise. Issues raised will help to inform the Young Foundation's toolkit.

The threat to Portland Works from a planning application seeking to convert it into flats and offices remains and the Council is due to consider this on the 11th April 2011. The Portland Works Comittee have a petition and details of how to support them on their website here.

A.I.R. inititaive launched Studio Polpo's new Architect in Residence initiative, bringing our thinking into your organistaion, is here. Full details will shortly be on the website, see the flyer below or contact us for more information in the meantime.