Energy Efficiency, Off-Site Build, and Bi-Fold Doors
I enjoy visiting the Grand Design Show at the NEC. It’s good for talking to suppliers about niche products and innovative technologies. It’s also an...
ICE News and Comment
Using Space and Visioning
Key elements implicit in ICE Architects’ design strategy are ‘using space’ and ‘visioning’. On Thursday, at the RIBA Design Leadership Summit 2015 in Manchester, Alison...
RIBA Royal Gold Medal
One of my favourite architects, Dame Zaha Hadid, has been awarded RIBA Royal Gold Medal for architecture This is fantastic news. It makes her the...
Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings
Permitted Development Rights for the Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings This year ICE Arch Ltd has been successful in gaining – Prior Approval for...
Manchester’s new ‘Vertical Villages’
Manchester City Council has unveiled proposals for the city centre which could include a raft of new towers, multi-billion pound new neighbourhoods, and so-called “vertical...
Build-in energy efficiency
As a home owner, some of your biggest expenses on an on-going basis are energy costs such as electricity, gas, oil, water heating, space heating...
Osborne unveils planning reforms
Among other changes, the government has announced it is scrapping the requirement on new-home developers to offset new-build carbon emissions by making a contribution to...
£100 million boost for small builders
The new Housing Growth Partnership seeks to invest alongside the following: small and medium sized house builders who have evidence of a solid track record...
Cheshire East may need to submit amended local plan
After concluding it had not dealt adequately with either housing assessment and provision or green belt issues, the planning inspector who been examining Cheshire East...
RIBA Awards
What do YOU think of the buildings that are in receipt of the RIBA’s 2015 awards ? View them here