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Articles by James Butterworth

James is a qualified architect and started his own practice, Studio J, in Leeds in 2009. James is a born and bred Yorkshire man currently living in Horbury and enjoys all aspects of architecture, design and culture.

The buried history of Harewood House
March 30, 2012 – 9:31 am | One Comment
The buried history of Harewood House

Guest blogger Emily Raynor tells us about the archaeological digs taking place at Harewood House

Building Leeds – interviews part 3
March 16, 2012 – 8:26 am | One Comment
Building Leeds – interviews part 3

Architecture editor James Butterworth completes his interviews with prominent local experts in the world of Architecture & development.

Building Leeds – interviews part 2
March 13, 2012 – 8:46 am | One Comment
Building Leeds – interviews part 2

Architecture editor James Butterworth continues his interviews with prominent local experts in the world of Architecture & development

Building Leeds – interviews part 1
March 9, 2012 – 11:53 am | 2 Comments
Building Leeds – interviews part 1

Architecture editor James Butterworth interviews prominent local experts in the world of Architecture & development to find out their views on Leeds

4×4 making places: size matters!
March 2, 2012 – 8:22 am | One Comment
4×4 making places: size matters!

The annual 4×4 making places is back for 4 more weeks of interesting talks & debate based around the built environment

Leeds Architecture Awards
February 3, 2012 – 11:11 am | 6 Comments
Leeds Architecture Awards

Our architecture editor, James Butterworth, heads out to the Leeds Architecture Awards to find out who this years winners are.

Spaces & Places – Sandal Castle
December 2, 2011 – 2:09 pm | One Comment
Spaces & Places – Sandal Castle

In this weeks post in the series Spaces & Places, our love affair with the world we live in, James Butterworth looks at the historical Sandal Castle

Spaces & Places – Houses at Newton Garth
November 18, 2011 – 3:20 pm | 10 Comments
Spaces & Places – Houses at Newton Garth

As we continue our architecture series Spaces & Places – our love affair with the world we live in, architecture graduate Jenny Handley tries to find out about some curious houses at Newton Garth

Spaces & Places – Leeds Petanque Court
November 11, 2011 – 10:05 am | 4 Comments
Spaces & Places – Leeds Petanque Court

In the continuation of the series Spaces & Places; our love affair with the world we live in, Architect James Butterworth looks at the small spaces we inhabit around buildings.

Spaces & Places – Bradford Odeon Cinema
November 3, 2011 – 10:42 am | 21 Comments
Spaces & Places – Bradford Odeon Cinema

In the continuation of our series, Spaces & Places – our love affair with the world we live in, guest blogger Damien O’Keeffe shares his love of the Bradford Odeon Cinema.

Spaces & Places – St Aidans Church
October 21, 2011 – 1:52 pm | One Comment
Spaces & Places – St Aidans Church

In the third post for our architecture series Spaces & Places – our love affair with the world we live in, guest Blogger Jenny Handley writes about St Aidans Church in Harehills

Spaces & Places – our love affair with the world we live in: Briggate
October 14, 2011 – 11:12 am | 3 Comments
Spaces & Places – our love affair with the world we live in: Briggate

In the second week of our Spaces & Places series, Architect James Butterworth looks at the Architecture of Leeds’ busiest shopping street.

Spaces & Places – “The Black Building”
October 7, 2011 – 12:17 pm | No Comment
Spaces & Places – “The Black Building”

I’ve been studying architecture or working as an architect all my adult life and I still get excited by great new buildings. The things that really get me going are when you see something you …

Spaces & Places – our love affair with the world we live in
September 30, 2011 – 5:14 pm | 23 Comments
Spaces & Places – our love affair with the world we live in

You must have seen them about, they’re normally quite big, often made of brick and glass – some of you may even live or work in them. Yes that’s right: buildings, but not just any …

Skint & Demoralised play Wakefield
August 5, 2011 – 4:24 pm | No Comment
Skint & Demoralised play Wakefield

James Butterworth visits Wakefield’s Chatry Chapel to see a very special album launch.

Sandal Magna Building Visit
July 12, 2011 – 8:20 am | No Comment
Sandal Magna Building Visit

Architect James Butterworth takes a look around the RIBA award winning primary school in Wakefield.