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Fundamentally, urban design entails connecting people and places. It’s achieved by aligning movement, urban form and nature to create a vibrant community. Urban design architecture concatenates place making through architecture, economic viability, environmental stewardship and social equity to curve unique beauty and identity in places. It’s all about the arrangement and architecture of buildings, transport … Read More »

Reports of extreme weather conditions inflicting devastation all over the world is not a new thing on the news. Though most people here in the UK need not worry a lot with regards to property, personal belongings and well-being, there is a minority group of the population that have solemn anxieties. These are the homeowners … Read More »

The Housing Defects Act of 1984 is a Parliamentary legislation that allows grants to be given to unsuspected buyers of houses built between 1950’s and 1960’s. Houses built during this time were generally poorly constructed and have lots of structural issues. Dwellings and other building types are built following a set of standards and rules. … Read More »

Non-traditional buildings were mainly built during the post World War2 period in the United Kingdom. This type of construction is mainly of four categories: Pre Cast Concrete, In Situ Concrete, Timber Frame and Steel Frame. The Pre Cast and the In Situ concrete system comes under the heading of Concrete Panel System. Sometimes these different … Read More »

Traditional construction is one of the methods used to build houses. It is characterized by structures such as cob walls, stone walls, cavity walls, non cavity walls, thatch roofs, timber frame walls, natural slate covered roofs, scantle roofs, random diminishing natural rag slate, manufactured slate, asbestos slates, cement tiles, clay tiles, rafter and purlin structures, … Read More »

PLANNING is the managerial procedure of maintaining and creating a plan; and the psychosomatic progression of philosophy about the actions essential to generate a preferred objective on some level. It integrates predicting of developments with the research of scenarios of how to act in response to them. It aids the administration to center, clarify and … Read More »

Extreme weather conditions have become rampant lately in various areas in the UK. Heavy rains seem to be on the rise. The flooding seems to be the worry for people who own property or buildings in flood prone areas especially those who have no buildings insurance for flooding. Flooding is cause for concern to many … Read More »

The role of architecture in urban design is bound to get more pronounced in time as more urban centers develop. Indeed, architecture already plays a significant role in defining the urban landscape. This is not a new phenomenon. Since the earliest civilizations, architecture played a key role in defining the character and socioeconomic life of … Read More »

A tax is referred to a financial load laid upon owners of property or individuals to support a government. It is not a charitable donation or payment but a contribution enforced pursuant to the law of a given country.  It is a payment enforced by a government whether in the name of toll, excise, subsidy, … Read More »

Condensation is a very serious building problem. Ingredients for this type of dampness are lack of adequate ventilation, creation of water vapour within the property and inadequate space heating. The warmer the air becomes, the more water vapour it can ‘hold’. When air cools down due to reduction in heating or seasonal factors it can … Read More »