This August marked my blog’s seventh year running. I learned a lot during that time and keep on learning as I put myself in a position of always having my…
What Are Redlines? Redlines are architectural drawings that have been printed, reviewed and marked up with errors, changes and revisions. The markups are typically done in red ink to make…
British Entrepreneur Chris Gilbert of Fox Marble is supplying some of London’s most elite and newest housing developments in Chelsea and the rest of the UK with rare and highly…
Good acoustics, like high quality thermal insulation, is one of the most important considerations for house builders and architects. This is because of high density living and, in particular, the…
GARDENA is launching a range of six new secateurs, designed with the brands’ decades of gardening expertise and cutting insight. GARDENA identified the three key requirements for a good set…
As the popularity of working from home continues, so does the need for a separate working environment away from the hustle and bustle of the main house. Garden rooms have…
Planning a refurbishment to your home or a new build? Consider wood as one of the key materials in your plans. Wood features can bring out the cosiness of a…
As part of Chimney Fire Safety Week 2016, which takes place from 5th to 11th September, Schiedel Chimney Systems is reminding installers of the important role they have to play…
Week on week mortgage enquiries have increased by an average of 55 per cent since the Bank of England cut interest rates from 0.5 per cent to an historic low…
THE WOODLANDS, TX, AUGUST 2016 – Global Shop Solutions, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software simplifying manufacturing for 40 years, celebrates a decade of consulting excellence under the…
Houlston Manor is an unlisted mainly 17th century box framed farmhouse, which has been substantially added to and altered since it was first built. Originally a single storey building, the…
The company responsible for a hydraulic door that badly injured actor Harrison Ford has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a prosecution brought by the Health & Safety Executive. Sentencing…
Overlooking the sapphire waters of Ornos Bay in Mykonos, Greece, the newly opened Kenshō Boutique Hotel & Suites is surely a sight to behold. Designed by Greek architect Alexandros Kolovos,…
The UK’s biggest independent distributor of quality timber and panel products, James Latham, has supplied 110m2 of E47 Amboise French Oak wood flooring from their Bausen range to complete a…
The outdoor shower is the architect’s answer to the waterfall. Merely because of its proximity to nature, the outdoor shower becomes an elevated space. Outdoor showers engage with a site…
Before our period of industrialization and mass urbanization, small-scale farms were vital to the development and sustainment of communities across the globe. The typology that dots lush countrysides has, particularly…