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2022
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Head for the Hills
Written by Rebecca Kemp (Editor)
Built into a rugged hillside overlooking the extensive natural coastline in South Wales, a new-build family home with a sustainable vision is now complete. Designed by award-winning architect firm, Loyn + Co, the home, which blends naturally into the verdant landscape and sits beneath towering pine trees, makes extensive use…
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Sustainable Living
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Sep
2020
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Across the entire construction industry, sustainability is a major consideration when it comes to new projects. Self-builders, contractors and developers need to be more aware than ever of the materials used on a project to help make sure it’s sustainable – particularly when it comes to recyclability and long-lasting solutions.
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Sustainable Living
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Mar
2020
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The environment is a growing concern for many and was voted the third most pressing issue, after Brexit and public health, facing the UK. Younger generations voted it in second, demonstrating a much greater worry among today’s youth. If we all do the best we can, those little savings will…
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Sep
2019
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Ahead of the curve
Written by Rebecca Kemp (Editor)
If you’re looking for an eco-build holiday let, as a prospective builder or visitor, this couldn’t really tick many more boxes. High-tech passive house, Bumble Barn, is named with the bee shaped body of the building in mind.
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Sustainable Living
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Aug
2019
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A contemporary barn conversion in the rural North Norfolk countryside is benefitting from renewable heating thanks to Finn Geotherm.
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Sustainable Living
13
Aug
2019
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When Terry and Olwen Brown-Waite were chosen by Channel 4’s Grand Designs in a nationwide search to find people to create their own homes at the UK’s largest mass self-build site, they had a clear vision for a high-tech house they could happily live in for the rest of their…
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Sustainable Living
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Sep
2017
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When Paul Withey took on his fourth barn conversion project in the rural area of Attleborough, he thought he’d be restricted to an oil boiler for his four-bedroom barn’s heating and hot water. However, after investing his time into researching renewable heating solutions, he found the solution to be a…
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Jun
2017
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A traditional Scottish village in Stirlingshire may not seem like the obvious location for a contemporary Passivhaus project. For chartered Architect, Mhairi Grant and her Architectural Designer partner, Martin McCrae, however, the development of their new home, ‘Ostro’, provided the perfect opportunity to realise their ambitions for moving out of…
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May
2017
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Many of us look back and say “in hindsight, I would have done things differently”. However, few get the chance to rectify their mistakes. Luckily for second-time self-builder Henry Martin, an available plot of land allowed him to amend elements in the design of his…
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May
2017
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As an Architect, Michael Montgomery has always had the desire to design and build his own home, where each element could have a personalised touch. After inheriting a plot of land in Saintfield, Northern Ireland, Michael’s interests in low-cost building materials and low-energy technologies have been realised in the design…
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Sustainable Living