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How to Choose Internal Doors for Your Home: Interior Door Styles, Materials & Costs

Looking for internal doors but not sure where to start? The type of material and design you opt for can have a major impact on the look and feel of your home. So there’s a lot to consider, from the way your internal doors are constructed and hung, to the finish and ironmongery. Urban Front
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Who Can Design Your New House? How to Choose the Right Designer for Your Self Build

Wondering who can design your dream home? Getting the initial scheme right is key to any successful self build project. After all, achieving a perfect, bespoke house that ticks a whole host of different boxes is at the centre of what all self builders are trying to do. Most yearn to escape the conformity of
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What is a Brownfield Site & How Can I Get Planning Permission to Build on One?

Finding a plot for your dream house is always one of the biggest challenges in any project, closely followed by understanding what you can build on that site. Some types of land are generally more suitable for delivering a new home, and a brownfield site could certainly offer strong potential for development. In planning terms,
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Double-Storey Extension Ideas – 13 Two-Storey House Extensions that Stand Out from the Crowd

Thinking about adding a double-storey extension to your home? If you’re able to, doubling up with an extra level when extending will be one of the best routes to elevating your property’s value and adding more useful floorspace that can be used for bedrooms, bathrooms, offices and more. When planning a double-storey extension, there are
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Energy Efficient Windows for an Eco Home 2026 Guide

Energy-Efficient Windows for an Eco Home | 2026 Guide

With energy bills continuing to be a big concern for many, specifying energy efficient windows and making sure your glazing isn’t leaking precious warmth out of your home is a must. Glazing isn’t as thermally efficient as a solid wall, but modern products do a marvelous job of keeping rooms cosy. And there are certain
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Self-Build Eco-Home Cost UK: See What £77,000 Built?

Building a new house is an excellent route to a property that can tick all your boxes and meet your needs both now and in the future. However, it’s not a simple task, and taking a new bespoke home project from concept to completion requires patience, in-depth planning and an eye for budgets and hidden
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Gott Apartment Building / Amunt Martenson + heramarte

Located in the inner courtyard of an early 20th-century apartment building, the project contributes to the contemporary condition of densifying the city from within. Positioned in a hidden, inner urban courtyard, the project reinterprets the traditional European Stadthaus, introducing a form of living that balances density, sustainability, and spatial quality.

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Sibeliuspark / KCAP

KCAP’s design made Sibeliuspark more compact, vibrant, and attractive through the introduction of integrated housing, diverse park programs, and varied topography and planting. Several housing projects in and around the park create a vibrant community, while a variety of new programs reactivate the space for people of all ages and abilities—from local neighbors to visitors from across the city and region. The project features a nature-inclusive, climate-adaptive environment that integrates over 400 new trees, diverse programming for all ages, and integrated housing developments. The Urban Ox Park, featuring a skatepark, pumptrack, and calisthenics park, now serves as the beating heart of the renewed Sibeliuspark.

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