Design
Designing the perfect partnership with your architect
Nominated for the RIBA House of the Year Award 2015, Cefn Castell’s white rendered minimalism is a spectacular testament to how client and architect can work together
A guide to building your dream home / Clare Dowdy
Creating a custom home should be your proudest achievement rather than a self-build nightmare. Clare Dowdy guides us through six key considerations
Kevin McCloud talks posh jackets, creating shadows and the kind of person who builds their own home
As the latest series of Grand Designs celebrates the perfect relationship between client and architect, Cover Stories meets the programme’s presenter Kevin McCloud to talk about the primal need behind home building.
Take a tour round the Home of the Future
Ever wondered what the average home might look like in 2025? According to our Home of the Future research it won’t be too dissimilar to this…
Can your home physically do you good?
With product innovation going as far as beeswax-laminated aspen wood flooring that absorbs air moisture and helps to stabilise temperature in your home, we ask the question: can your home physically do you good?
6 biggest innovations in the home of the future – pineapple sofas included
A TV you roll up? Pineapple sofas? ‘Smart’ dining tables? Surely not..? Materials and design guru Chris Lefteri lists his six top innovations in our Home of the Future series. Prepare to be amazed…