Prince Charles' Poundbury Resonates With Developers

With its traditional design and mixture of uses, Poundbury -- the experimental development created by Prince Charles -- is fast becoming the model for development in Britain.

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February 2, 2007, 7:00 AM PST

By Mike Lydon

"When Prince Charles launched his experimental development at Poundbury in Dorset in the 1990s, Britain's big housebuilders showed little interest in his quaint notions about old-fashioned architecture and cosy communities: not one of them bothered to tender for the contracts to turn the prince's ideas into reality."

"A decade on, such ideas are no longer wacky but mainstream: these days we are all green, and sustainability has become every builder's favourite word. Suddenly, the construction industry and the prince are on the same wavelength."

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Sunday, January 28, 2007 in The Times

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