Showing posts with label In the News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In the News. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Birthday

He created an influential twentieth century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials to define interior spaces. He strived towards an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space.

Info from Wikipedia.org

Thursday, 23 February 2012

New deal on new build properties

UK housing minister Grant Shapps has recently hailed a new partnership between the government and the National House Building Council to gain a greater insight into how efforts to get Britain building again are making a difference.

You can read the full article on International Business Times

Friday, 13 January 2012

News

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/ has an article with suggestions for those who are looking to sell their homes in 2012, including those who have self built.  Full article is here:

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Barn Conversion


This SIPs Industries barn conversion is featured in a seven page article and photoshoot in the Autumn/Winter edition of New Home Locations Scotland.

We supplied the panels for this build back in 2008.  The SIPs panels fit inside the original walls to provide a full thermal envelope, including the roof. 

Thursday, 18 August 2011

In the News

There's an interesting article on the Mortgage Strategy website regarding mortgages for houses built with non-traditional methods. 

Jason Orme of Homebuilding & Renovating  Magazine looks at the issue of lenders who are not up to speed on new building technologies and therefore are reluctant to provide funds.

 
You can read the full article here.

Thursday, 21 July 2011

UK News

There's an interesting article on self-building in the BBC Magazine.  You can read the full story - and the comments - here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14125196 

Friday, 20 May 2011

In the News

One of the big advatages of using SIPs is that the panels are manufactured and cut to size in a fatory setting; this allows for minimal wastage of materials, both during the manufacturing of the kit and on site.

The advantages of this waste reduction are detailed in this article on a SIPs Industries Australia project, first published in the Weekend West Australian Homes section on the 14th May 2011.