How to Install a Green Roof on a Garden Shed or Outbuilding
# How to Install a Green Roof on a Garden Shed or Outbuilding I had a client last year with a Victorian terrace in Hackney who’d been staring at her…
How to Maximise Natural Light in Your Home Without Structural Changes
# How to Maximise Natural Light in Your Home Without Structural Changes Walk into any bright, airy space and you’ll feel it immediately. That subtle lift in mood, the way…
Switching to a Green Energy Tariff and What to Look For
# Switching to a Green Energy Tariff: What Actually Makes the Difference The energy choices we make in our homes matter more than most of us realise. I’ve worked with…
One Central Park Sydney and How Patrick Blanc Built the Worlds Most Famous Living Wall
I’ll be honest, when I first saw One Central Park rising from Sydney’s skyline in 2014, I thought someone had made a spectacular mistake. Here was this towering residential complex…
Mortgage Options for Eco Built Homes and What Lenders Will Accept
# Mortgage Options for Eco Built Homes and What Lenders Will Accept Getting a mortgage for an eco built home isn’t quite the same as buying a standard brick and…
One Central Park Sydney and the Science Behind Patrick Blancs Living Walls
# One Central Park Sydney and the Science Behind Patrick Blanc’s Living Walls I remember the first time I saw images of One Central Park back in 2014. I was…
Ko Bogen II Dusseldorf and Europes Largest Green Facade
# Ko Bögen II Düsseldorf and Europe’s Largest Green Façade I’ve spent years telling clients that green façades are the future of urban design, but honestly, I was getting tired…
California Academy of Sciences and the Green Roof That Breathes
# California Academy of Sciences and the Green Roof That Breathes I remember standing in Golden Gate Park looking up at what appeared to be hills that had somehow materialised…
Lammas Ecovillage Pembrokeshire and the UKs First Planned Eco Settlement
# Lammas Ecovillage: Living Proof That Off-Grid Community Design Actually Works I first heard about Lammas when a client mentioned they’d visited friends who lived “completely off-grid in Wales, but…
Biophilic Design in Hospitality & Resorts
I have been designing hospitality spaces for over ten years, and there is a recurring pattern: hotels and resorts that incorporate biophilic design into their strategies, and do it intentionally,…