We will be launching our small range of Off-The-Peg houses
Saturday 21 May – 10.00hrs – 17.00hrs
Sunday 22 May – 10.00hrs – 16.30hrs
SECC Glasgow , Exhibition Way G3 8YW
Thomas Robinson Architects are pleased to announce that Tom Robinson, practice principal is now a Certified Passive House Designer. The Passive House standard is a well tested design methodology from Germany for the design of buildings that consume only minimal amounts of energy .
As of the 4th April our contact details will be:
The Red House, Croftamie, GLASGOW G63 0EU
T:01360 661144 F:01360 661122
Full photos will be available soon.
Thomas Robinson Architects are hosting their third annual Open Evening on 27th January. The evening takes the format of a drop in event where architects will be on hand all evening to answer questions from how to go about extending to how to maximise existing space. Due to its popularity the event has been expanded this year to include talks, slideshows and guest consultants: The Energy Savings Trust and Allied Surveyors. The Energy Savings Trust will give advice about energy issues including energy savings grants. Allied Surveyors will give advice about Home Reports and valuations. Tom Robinson of Thomas Robinson Architects added: “The open evening is a perfect opportunity for people considering an extension or build, to find out about all the issues involved. I am particularly pleased to welcome the Energy Savings Trust to the evening as I am passionate about incorporating energy reduction measures into projects. There will be access to a lot of valuable information during the evening.”
As part of our commitment to the environment we are sending ecards this year.
Don’t miss our annual Architect’s Open Evening on 27th January between 5pm and 9pm at Esporta in Milngavie. This year we have expanded the format to include guests – Allied Surveyors and The Energy Savings Trust. If you are planning a project – come along and benefit from a wealth of free advice.
Some of the topics we will cover are:
Click here to download an invitation
Click here to download our Programme of Events
Click here for information on The Energy Savings Trust
Did you know it is Energy Saving Week this week?
Visit the Energy Savings Trust website to see what’s happening during the week.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Easy-ways-to-stop-wasting-energy/Energy-Saving-Week
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 of Scotland . Vernacular in form and contemporary in feel . We especially enjoyed the external use of colour which roots the buildings in the Scottish tradition of coloured buildings in western seaboard towns. Internally the spaces are light, airy and well planned . The individual buildings maximise the spectacular views and sunlight to the south and east. The detail and construction is of a very high standard which enhances the simple forms of the buildings. These are very special places to live in.
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 take up of Passivhaus design in the UK was stimulating and a good chance to feel the pulse of how this methodology is at last starting to take off here. Then it was on to a heatpump talk; those magic machines that deliver up to five times the energy output in the form of heating and hot water for every one unit of input energy in the form of electricity. We have been specifying them at TRA for some years but there is always new stuff to know; for example due to expected gradual decarbonisation of the grid and carbonisation of gas supplies we should be proposing them on many more sites than we have been, they are not just for the rural jobs.
Next was a surprise to see one of our own projects ( a house called East Cambussmoon) on the TRADA stand, fame at last, and then onward to the Natural Building Technologies standand for their wonderfull earthy, woody, limy, healthy products that always make me want to be a builder and not just an Architect, especialy those giant clay blocks. Big boys lego, I want a shot.
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.
