Last Tuesday we headed off in the rain to Dunoon to see Fyne Homes’ Tigh- na - Claddach development . We were interested to see this because it is the first social housing in Scotland certified to Passivhaus standards.
It was well worth the visit. The architecture of the development is highly appropriate to the west coast [...]
One day at Ecobuild is not enough really, but with planning and determined focus I was still able to get a lot out of it, and a bag full of leaflets and samples for our own mini ecobuild over lunch in the office conference table presented by me.
A morning seminar on the [...]
Latest Surgery Event to be held at Esporta Milngavie Thursday 28th January 5-9pm.
If you are thinking of building, refurbishing or extending bring along your ideas and photos and chat to one of our architects over a glass of wine . This is a free event.
Click on the link for directions.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said carbon emissions form people’s homes needed to be cut by 35% before 2020. There are many measures we can all take to improve emissions from our homes - have a look at the Energy Savings Trust Interactive House to see where you can make savings. There are approximately [...]
If you are in any doubt about whether you can afford to design sustainably, watch this documentary and you’ll realize you can’t afford not to. Click here to see a preview.
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Tom Robinson, practice principal is now an RIAS Conservation Accredited Architect. Go to the News Section for further information.
Have a look at our News and Project Section where there are details of the Herald Award.
To the Passive Observer
A home which saves 90% of the energy used by a conventional new house, with only 10% of the normal bills and completely new air every 2.5 hours entirely eliminating odour and vastly improving air quality. Does this sound too good to be true?
The Passivhaus dwelling is the world’s leading standard [...]
The first of five luxury houses is complete and will be on sale in late January.
Thomas Robinson Architects and Robert Adam Architects have been working with Developer Scops to create these five luxury houses. The houses are designed in the Scottish Arts and Crafts style to fit into the local village-scape of Kilmacolm where there [...]