Working from home for six years has taught me a lot about optimizing my environment for productivity, but I’ll be honest – it took me way too long to figure…
You know that moment when you walk into a space and suddenly understand what you’ve been missing? I had that experience about two years ago when I was researching childcare…
I’ve been tracking productivity metrics from my home office for six years now, and one thing that consistently shows up in my data is how much my physical environment affects…
# The Green Roof That Made Me Rethink Everything I Knew About Tropical Design I’ve spent years telling clients that extensive green roofs don’t work in tropical climates. Too much…
# Bamboo as a Structural Building Material and Where It Works Best I’ve spent years explaining to clients why I keep coming back to bamboo for certain projects, especially when…
I first heard about the Autonomous House in Southwell during a particularly grim London winter, scrolling through research papers while my own heating bills climbed toward terrifying heights. Here was…
# How to Source Reclaimed and Salvaged Building Materials in the UK I’ve watched too many builders skip past the salvage yard on their way to the timber merchant, then…
# Natural Materials for Interiors and How to Replace Synthetic Surfaces Gradually I’ve spent the last twenty years gradually replacing every synthetic surface in my home with natural alternatives, and…
I remember the first time I heard about a truly zero carbon house in the UK. This was back in 2010, and honestly, I thought it was marketing nonsense. Zero…
# The Definitive Ranking: Britain’s Most Important Off-Grid Projects and What They Actually Achieved Right, so we finally sat down and hashed this out. Took us three sessions, several heated…