Property if left devoid of investment becomes unsuitable for continued use and derelict. That applies to building plots and land as well as buildings. Investment in refurbishment and new building projects can lower running costs and improve living and working environments. Many office workplaces are based in...
"You do!" This video from the USA explains the many benefits of employing a real registered architect. In the UK providers of 'architectural services' are not architects, are not qualified as architects, and are often not qualified at all! All architects must be suitably trained and registered to...
All homes designed by architects for themselves tend to be very personal, my favourite entry this year is fabulous and incorporates many features I have thought about over the years to incorporate into my own home, one day. The most important aspect reflected in Richard's use...
It is not rocket science! An architect led design and construction company has developed a straightforward solution that could be used on Council owned car parks, ZEDfactory. If Kettering Borough Council chose, as a local authority, to build new council housing as they are now permitted to do they...
The following is a video from the USA that sets out the benefits of an architect: Video from the USA However, please note the following in translation from the foreign language: For 'licenced' architect read 'registered architect' A 'square foot' is about a tenth of a square...
This video from the USA explains the blog title: CranTV video for 'licence' in the USA read 'registration' in the UK. The time and level of education are broadly similar taking on average 9 years here with a degree, postgraduate degree and professional qualification. Our professional obligations...
The Architect's Journal has an important lesson for town planning officers following their report on the RIBA Stirling Prize: "Housebuilders continue to propagate the myth that the public aspires to noddy boxes, in fact they aspire to this Modernist private home with big glassy views and...
What architects do is the same the World over and this video from the American Institute of Architects explains it well: "What architects do" In the UK, only those persons and practices registered with the Architects Registration Board are legally entitled to be called 'architect' with a few exceptions...
Architectural practice is, across much of the rest of the developed World, restricted to the profession of architects. Some nations allow lesser qualified and registered persons to offer limited architectural services (small extensions etc.). The UK is one of those rare countries that is quite happy...
To help you as a client at the very early stages of a project, as a standard service we are able to offer a preliminary ‘feasibility and options’ report to assess the site or building and its suitability for your proposed project. The report includes the...