Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive. via @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social #housing
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Is it possible to build a plastic-free home? Using plastic in construction is cheap and easy, but some are trying to radically cut back its use.

Is it possible to build a plastic-free home? via @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social
#construction #housing
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Rural Outer Hebrides home wins RIBA House of the Year 2025 A stone-clad home in Scotland's Outer Hebrides by Izat Arundell has been named the UK's best new home by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Rural Outer Hebrides home wins RIBA House of the Year 2025 share.google/coViecmofTl6... via @dezeen.com

New owners get keys for Bernat Klein studio near Selkirk A consortium of heritage and design organisations has bought the building once used by Bernat Klein.

New owners take possession of the dilapidated Bernat Klein textile studio designed by Peter Womersley. via @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social #architecture
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Multi-million pound Innerleithen mountain bike centre approved It is hoped the project at Caerlee Mill in Innerleithen can bring hundreds of jobs to the Borders.

Multi-million pound mountain bike centre approved for Innerleithen. via @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social #architecture #oberlandersarchitects
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Riba Stirling Prize: Big Ben tower restoration up for architecture award The restoration of London's famous Elizabeth Tower is nominated for the prestigious Stirling Prize.

The 2025 Stirling Prize nominees for 2025 via @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social #architecture
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New types of engineered wood are ready for building sites New ways are being found to make wood even stronger and more versatile in construction.

Bulletproof timber cladding? via @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social #construction
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100 years of Art Deco: a movement comes of age The design and architecture style of post-war France still has influence today

100 years of #ArtDeco. via @theobserveruk.bsky.social #architecture
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Living Sketches: These Architects Are Bringing Drawings to Life With AI - Architizer Journal More than flashy scroll-stoppers, "living sketches" are the latest example of how AI-powered architects are rewriting the visual language of early design.

Living Sketches - Architectural drawings brought to life with AI. via @dezeen.com #architecture
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Heritage groups try to save decaying modernist studio in Scottish Borders Studio built for textile designer Bernat Klein by Peter Womersley put up for auction despite hopes of private sale

Studio built for textile designer Bernat Klein by Peter Womersley put up for auction.
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A-listed brutalist studio up for sale at £18,000 The dilapidated studio of textile designer Bernat Klein is to go on sale with a guide price of £18,000.

Peter Womersley-designed studio of Bernat Klein up for sale at £18,000 #architecture
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Spandau Ballet house celebrates 100 years as museum Leighton House starred in the video for the band's number two hit Gold.

An artist's home - that also starred in the video for Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit Gold - is celebrating 100 years as a public museum. via @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social
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Mortgage rules change could help first-time buyers TheBank of England has recommended a looser cap on riskier lending.

First-time buyers could get more access to mortgages after the Bank of England recommended a looser cap on riskier lending. via @bbcnewsuk.bsky.social
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German home with modular timber structure is "like a piece of furniture" Lux Architect and Cánovas Arquitectura have completed an angular home in Bavaria, creating a timber frame that doubles as shelving, seating and storage.

A timber house designed as a piece of furniture.
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Home buyers race to beat stamp duty rise Thresholds will change on 1 April, leaving buyers a few weeks to complete or pay more in stamp duty.

Home buyers race to beat stamp duty rise. via BBC News #housing #property
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Climate Change Committee: Half of homes need heat pump by 2040 The UK's greenhouse gas emissions should fall to 13% of 1990 levels by 2040, government advisors say.

Half of homes need heat pump by 2040, government told. via BBC News
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UK house prices rose by 4.7% in 2024, says Nationwide Housing market activity remained "remarkably resilient" despite affordability challenges, the lender says.

House prices rose by 4.7% in 2024, says Nationwide via @BBCNews #housing #property
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Edinburgh Castle #Edinburgh #architecture #photography #Christmas

Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, #Venice completed in 1592 by Andrea Palladio #architecture #photography

Brick tile stair detail - #Italy #architecture #photography

Nyhavn, #Copenhagen
#photography #travel #architecture

St. Philip & St. James Church, Woodstock Road, #Oxford. Designed by G. E. Street and completed in 1862. Modelled in SketchUp by www.indigoround.com
#architecture #3D

An early stained glass commission by www.indigiround.com in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. #design #stainedglass

The Bodleian Library in Oxford, England. Built between 1613 and 1619.
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#architecture #photography

Super Longing for Home

Super Longing for Home
by Paco Yao

A red, twisting foot bridge spans a canal. The photograph is in black and white.

Pythonbrug
(Python Bridge), Amsterdam by West 8.
#design #photography

Spiral gallery stair and gallery for OCMS within St. Philip & St. James Church, Woodstock Road, #Oxford. The building was designed by G. E. Street and completed in 1862.
Design by Andrew Stone Architect and modelled in #SketchUp by indigoround.com
#architecture #3D

Planning committees could be bypassed to speed up house building The move is part of what ministers say will be a "sweeping overhaul" of England's local planning system.

Council committees to be bypassed in bid to build more homes. via #BBCNews #housing #construction
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6 TIMES is a series of six sculptures created by artist Antony Gormley along the Water of Leith in #Edinburgh. Installed in 2010 they are located between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the sea. #sculpture #photography

Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo, Venice by Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto, 1738
#architecture #photography