Prince ' s SPEECH IN FULL
Over 25 different architectural practices have been involved including, importantly, several of the architects trained at my old institute of architecture.
But in this square I’ m enormously grateful to Quinlan and Francis Terry and Ben Pentreath for their genius in designing the buildings to create such a sense of place.
Of course, without the dedicated efforts and loyalty of the builders CG Fry and Son, Morrish Builders, Woodpecker Properties in the person of Derek Newell and ZeroC in the shape of Kim Slowe, none of this would ever have been achieved to such a high standard of quality. I’ m deeply grateful to their teams of talented craftsmen who many of them are Dorset men through and through.
For me one of the most essential features of Poundbury has been its mixed use, mixed income composition- a dangerously revolutionary move 25 years ago.
So particular thanks goes to the social-housing providers, notably the Guinness Partnership of which I am a patron.
Last, but by no means least, I owe so much to the devotion and ceaseless attention to detail of the Duchy of Cornwall delivery team, which has been led most expertly by Simon Conibear. Inevitably there are many others who have played a special role that time I fear does not allow me to mention. However, I can’ t possibly thank Waitrose enough for their generous hospitality today.
So it is with immense pride and in loving memory of my darling grandmother that I ask your majesty to unveil this statue of the Queen Mother and thus declare her square open.
The Prince of Wales, 27 October 2016
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