Rethinking Summer: Why Overheating Homes Are London’s Quiet Crisis
by Imran Jahn on Nov 10, 2025
London’s climate is shifting faster than its buildings. The city traps heat like a vast stone valley, accumulating warmth long after the sun has set. What used to feel like the odd heatwave now lands as a yearly pattern, pushing homes into temperatures that disrupt sleep, health, and …
Brutalist Concrete Architecture and the Courage to Build for People
by Sean Hill on Nov 10, 2025
In every city, some buildings feel less like objects and more like invitations. They ask us to slow down, to look again, to question how we gather as communities. Brutalist concrete architecture, at its best, carries that kind of presence. It is unvarnished, honest, and built with a c …
A new tennis pavilion shaped around community, comfort and low-energy design
by Imran Jahn on Nov 10, 2025
Across the UK, tennis clubs are asking a pressing question: What should the next generation of clubhouse look like? Many clubs are working with ageing buildings, rising energy costs, and growing memberships. The need for a modern, sustainable tennis pavilion has never been clearer.
Why a VAT cut for retrofit is the lever we need
by Sean Hill on Nov 5, 2025
As London prepares to host the NLA Retrofit Summit on 12 November 2025, the urgency could not be clearer: by 2050, roughly 80 % of the city’s existing building stock will need retrofitting if we are to hit net-zero. This creates a twin opportunity - for climate and for the UK construc …
Sustainable by Design: Building Better Futures
by Sean Hill on Nov 5, 2025
Purpose-led design for a changing world Sustainability isn’t a box to tick - it’s a mindset. It’s about designing buildings that do more than simply meet regulations. They must endure, perform and inspire - today, and long into the future.
Building Well: How to Manage Costs in High-End Architecture Without Losing the Soul of Your Project
by Sean Hill on Oct 23, 2025
Every home begins with a number.
Digital twins → Building smarter, more sustainable futures
by Sean Hill on Oct 16, 2025
In architecture and construction, precision has always mattered. Yet as the scale of development intensifies – from housing targets to infrastructure expansion – the need for clarity, coordination, and foresight has never been greater.
How to Design a Paragraph 84 Home in the English Countryside
by Sean Hill on Oct 15, 2025
Every great home begins as an act of belief To design and build a Paragraph 84 home is to take a leap of faith. Faith in your vision. Faith in the process. And faith in the power of design to move people – and planning officers – beyond what they thought possible. A low-energy Paragra …
Listening, Learning, and Leading Together: Reflections from This Week’s Brent Agents Forum
by Sean Hill on Oct 14, 2025
This week we joined fellow architects, planners, and development officers at the Brent Agents Forum — and it turned out to be one of the most constructive, energising planning discussions we’ve experienced in years.
Building Regenerative Cities Through Public Housing
by Sean Hill on Oct 12, 2025
In every era, public housing has reflected the spirit of its time - a mirror of how society defines progress. Today, that reflection must be sharper than ever. As cities expand and populations rise, the real challenge isn’t how many homes we can build, but how we build them.
