Dwelle Micro Home…

Posted by Suzi Darbyshire Architectural Technican on May 15, 2011 · 1 Comment 

Whilst researching affordable, adaptable houses I came across Manchester based company Dwelle. This company is an architectural practice which have designed solutions for affordable, adaptable houses, which have also recently won ‘small house of the year’ award at the British home awards for their micro-buildings. They have designed four different sized structures, all of the … Continue reading →

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Is the first time buyer going to save the housing market?

Posted by Suzi Darbyshire Architectural Technican on May 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Mortgage review for the first time buyer: This is just another quick post which got me thinking so thought I would share. In 2008 there was a collapse in the commercial market, but this is now starting to slowly build up again. But housing has been another issues and this is mainly due to the … Continue reading →

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Framework

Posted by Suzi Darbyshire Architectural Technican on May 6, 2011 · 1 Comment 

FrameWork: Joe Mepplelink, Adam Janusz, Onesieme Mouton, Wyatt Frantom This was my favourite design that I found in The Home House Project book. It wasn’t because it was the best looking, but was because of the detailing and relevance it had to my own project. The first thing that attracted me to this project was … Continue reading →

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The Home House project: The future of Affordable housing

Posted by Suzi Darbyshire Architectural Technican on May 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Last year when I was completing my literature and contextual review I was looking at affordable housing solution. As I needed to look at 5 books, 5 journals, 5 websites and so on I ordered a book of Amazon called The Home house project by Steve Badanes, David J.Brown, Ben Nicholson and Michael Sorkin. I … Continue reading →

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What are the benefits of building with steel?

Posted by Suzi Darbyshire Architectural Technican on May 5, 2011 · 2 Comments 

With my practice work for the MA I am looking at designing affordable modular housing. When I first mentioned this to my MA tutor he said look at Walter Segal and wooden beams, but something in the back of my mind was telling me to work with steel. So when I saw an article in … Continue reading →

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‘Cub Housing’ an Inspiring design

Posted by Suzi Darbyshire Architectural Technican on March 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Beginning my research for modular homes, I started searching for modular housing solutions within the UK. This style of housing is not very popular within the UK, with many people discarding the idea for more traditional styles. But within my research I came across an article from the Independent newspaper regarding these issues within the … Continue reading →

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Rural Studios ‘Credit Crunch House’

Posted by Suzi Darbyshire Architectural Technican on January 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Affordable housing is an issue in the UK and the rest of the world, more now than properly ever before due to the current economic climate. The UK is struggling to find a sustainable solution to affordable housing and many schemes like IKEA housing have all been set up to try and resolve the issue. … Continue reading →

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