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The Importance of Good Design: Wakefield Civic Society responds to the Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment

Posted on 18 April 2014 09:47 PM by

In the week in which the Society presented its annual Design Awards, Kevin Trickett, the President of Wakefield Civic Society, called for much greater emphasis to be given to the importance of good design in all aspects of place making.

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Wakefield Civic Society 2014 Design Awards Presented

Posted on 18 April 2014 08:15 PM by

In the Society's 2014 Design Awards, top prizes were presented for the interior refurbishment of Wakefield Cathedral and for the newly laid out Lawns Dike Trail at Newmiilerdam. 

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Wakefield Civic Society Announces its Restaurant of the Year award - one winner and four runners up!

Posted on 18 April 2014 08:04 PM by

Members of Wakefield Civic Society's Dining Club voted on their experiences of dining at 12 different establishments in 2013. At the end of the year, the Society makes an award to the one that scored the highest marks.

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