It’s cheaper and greener to use stone – as opposed to concrete or steel . Concrete is used everywhere – and its production creates a… Read More »The New Stone Age: ancient material: tiny carbon footprint
What’s your vision for Sidmouth over the coming decade? The VGS collaborates on several events this year to help create a more sustainable future. .… Read More »“Sidmouth 2020” project launched
“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,” said Winston Churchill… . … He was right; our surroundings can make us healthier and… Read More »How architecture shapes society
A new Exeter Science Park building is to be “net zero carbon for operational energy”. But where are the projects which are cutting the use… Read More »What is a ‘net-zero carbon’ building?
Powerful projects to reshape our built environment . Planners, builders and architects have a huge impact on how we live: Architecture and climate change .… Read More »Urban design and climate change
The beauty commission’s report is full of welcome ideas: now we need to act on them . Is ‘beauty’ a rather old-fashioned notion? On the… Read More »Building Better Building Beautiful
The growing importance of trees, woodlands and timber . Woodlands serve many purposes – including providing all sorts of habitats: Species shift: climate change and… Read More »New advances in timber construction
Late last summer, plans were submitted to turn the Drill Hall into a restaurant: Full plans submitted for Drill Hall Drill Hall plans: shades of… Read More »Drill Hall plans expected to pass
The District Council wanted to instal a test barrier along Sidmouth’s Esplanade: Beach Management Plan: trialing a glass splash barrier . And in it goes… Read More »Beach Management Plan: trialing a glass splash barrier: reports
Tomorrow sees the start of a series of events being put on by the Sidmouth Science Festival on the theme of ‘clean growth’ – with… Read More »The Clean Growth project from the Science Festival
The CEO at the District Council thinks that by going ‘carbon neutral’ by 2025, “you will be refusing all planning permissions”: Unsustainable over-development in East… Read More »Sustainable development: what if new buildings had to be resused or built with materials already available?
“80% of the buildings that will exist in 2050 have already been built. The most effective form of sustainability may, therefore, be saving energy by… Read More »Adapting buildings to climate change
What sort of ‘development’ do we want in East Devon? . The CEO of the District Council famously said that if we went ‘carbon neutral’… Read More »Unsustainable over-development in East Devon
“For those involved in the design of buildings and cities, be they architects, urbanists, or citizens, there is a deep responsibility to be aware of,… Read More »Architecture and climate change