Water Features for Indoor Spaces and What Works in a UK Climate
# Water Features for Indoor Spaces and What Works in a UK Climate I’ve been fascinated by water features in homes for years, but I’ll be honest: after researching the…
Biophilic Design for Renters and What You Can Do Without Permission
# Biophilic Design for Renters and What You Can Do Without Permission Most biophilic design advice assumes you own your space. Install a living wall, they say. Knock through to…
How to Add Biophilic Elements to a Garden Room or Outbuilding
# How to Add Biophilic Elements to a Garden Room or Outbuilding Garden rooms represent one of the best opportunities to create genuinely biophilic spaces. Unlike retrofitting a Victorian terrace…
Insurance for Natural Builds and What Providers Actually Cover
# Insurance for Natural Builds and What Providers Actually Cover I spent eighteen months trying to get my cob and timber frame extension insured properly. Not because I’m particularly slow,…
The Real Cost of Building With Natural Materials vs Conventional Construction
# The Real Cost of Building With Natural Materials vs Conventional Construction When I started analysing the true costs of natural building materials versus conventional construction, I expected to find…
ReGen Villages Netherlands and the Tech Startup Trying to Reinvent Self Sufficiency
**ReGen Villages Netherlands: When Silicon Valley Meets Dutch Polder Dreams** Look, I’ll admit it upfront. When I first heard about ReGen Villages back in 2015, I rolled my eyes so…
How to Find a Structural Engineer Who Understands Natural Materials
# How to Find a Structural Engineer Who Understands Natural Materials When you’re planning a build with hemp lime, timber frame construction, or cob walls, finding the right structural engineer…
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…
Musee du Quai Branly Paris and the Living Wall That Started a Movement
# Musée du Quai Branly Paris and the Living Wall That Started a Movement I remember the first time I saw photos of the Quai Branly wall back in 2006.…
The High Line New York and How Abandoned Rail Became Green Infrastructure
I still remember the first time I walked the High Line in 2010, a year after the first section opened. I was researching adaptive reuse projects for my thesis, expecting…