Perfect Wall Review – Building a 500 Years Lifespan Timber Frame Wall with ‘Outsulation’.
Matt Risinger shares insights on a house he constructed in 2015, introducing a concept back then that is…
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Is Geothermal Heating and Cooling Worth the Cost? Heat Pumps Explained
When building a house, homeowners have several ways to power their heating and cooling systems, like oil, natural…
I Didn’t Know A Prefabricated House Could Do This!
Build Review Author Matt Ferrell takes us on his personal journey building a net zero prefabricated house in…
Thinking about Using A Heat Pump on your Next Building Project?
The Build Review’s Associate Author Matt Ferrell discusses the Truth About Heat Pumps and Cold Weather. Heat pumps…
The Future of Architecture and Design from the Futurebuild Expo. London.
Next Futurebuild expo – 07 – 09 March 2023, ExCeL, London What will the buildings of the future…
What’s The Perfect House: A Thought Experiment.
Recently, a client asked me what my ideal home would look like and where I would build it.…
Are We Building A Beautiful Future?
An interesting extract from a Dezeen's hosted video chatting with Mary Parsons, the commissioner behind the Building Better, Building Beautiful report in the UK. It's a good insight into urban planning initiatives in the UK and highlights some of the lessons we all need to learn about poor planning on our housing developments. A good video for all architects and developers.
5 Reasons why there ISN’T a housing shortage in the USA
Housing is a basic human need. But a lack of affordable housing to buy or rent is fueling a housing crisis here in the States. Research claims that the US needed 3.8 million homes in 2019, which grew to 5.2 million homes in 2021. In this video, we’re going to look at 5 reasons why there ISN'T a housing shortage in the States.
New Zealand’s Mortgage Brokers Struggling To Find Funding
As part of our 5 challenges (and 5 fixes) that your company is facing today in New Zealand’s building industry series we present the feedback given by a leading Auckland based mortgage broker...
Treating Timber’s Harsh Realities
Poorly designed and badly built homes in New Zealand caused more than a stir in New Zealand's building industry from the mid 90's leading to some ill-thought-out policies being introduced that overcompensated for our shortcomings and lead to more problems then it solved.
