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vc2043
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
How Clerestory Windows Can Bring Light to the Darkest Home
If you need to bring more light into your home without losing valuable wall space, Clerestory windows could be the answer to your...
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vc2043
- Mar 27, 2019
- 4 min
Green Design, Green Upkeep: Building and Maintaining Your Environmentally-Friendly Home
Residing in an energy-efficient building not only lowers your utility bills but can also add an average of 14% to your home’s value,...
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vc2043
- Mar 17, 2019
- 4 min
Team Trip to Kingspan to Learn about Timber Frame Housing
It is always very productive and a change of scene; to get the Building Tectonics team out of the office together to learn more about...
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vc2043
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
A Day in the Life of an Architectural Practice
Have you ever wondered what it is like to work in an Architectural Practice for the day and envisage all the dreaming and designing that...
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vc2043
- Mar 21, 2018
- 2 min
Mixing the Bricks
You may have noticed tall brick walls can have bands of different shades of colour; this can be deliberate, a feature of the design...
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vc2043
- Jul 11, 2016
- 1 min
Scratching the surface of Concrete.
Two billion metric tonnes of concrete are made worldwide annually, it’s also a very economic material so it’s used unsparingly. This...
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vc2043
- Feb 13, 2015
- 3 min
Foundation Design
There are some new and interesting developments in foundation design which offer an alternative to the way we have been constructing...
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vc2043
- Oct 28, 2013
- 4 min
Roof trusses
Most modern house roofs use trussed rafters in the construction of the roof. They consist of quite slender pieces of wood, which are...
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vc2043
- Oct 21, 2013
- 2 min
Plywood
Plywood is a simple, but effective material. This is used a lot in the world of construction due to its strong structure, but light...
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vc2043
- Jan 17, 2011
- 2 min
Flitched Beams
A client has asked me about Flitched Beams and I thought it might be an interesting topic for others. As always, I am not going to be too...
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