When it is being reported that Terrace Housing has overheating problems, is it just the direct experience of individuals in particular buildings who don’t recall all the Terraces which are not a problem, or is there a trend with current materials and regulations which are not as appropriate as they could be?

This month I discuss plasterboard + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

The use of a crisp, sharp, long-lasting metal cladding is absolutely the right finish for the future, but why don't we brighten up our colour choices?

This month I discuss multi-storey construction + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

For housing design and construction is there such a strong link between passive thermal performance, (before heating & cooling appliances are activated), and the embodied carbon content of the dwelling so that these two important design objectives must be locked together in a single analysis?

Are we moving in a direction where continuing and narrowing analysis of evermore finer detail of particular aspects of building elements is assumed to automatically leads to better results?

This month I discuss inter-tenancy walls + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

This month I discuss roof garden design + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

This month I discuss brick façades + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

While concrete floors on grade are a common choice for new homes, there are negative characteristics which only become evident in extraordinary circumstances, at which times the outcomes are usually disastrous.