European architecture has been known as an epitome of elegance and practicality, and British house designers are getting into the bandwagon to take it to the next level.
An article on theguardian.com featured this growing trend of house design to include child and environment-friendly ideas into the structure. Housing regulations are making homes more energy-efficient as well as sustainable for its occupants. Voluntary codes also allow taking these standards a bit further, as demonstrated by architects.
For instance, a Hampshire town exhibits the practice of Ash Sakula, who has designed a row of houses with the goal of making social housing more eco-friendly as possible. Locally sourced solar panels and materials, as well as smart ventilation techniques and plenty of insulation were kept in mind to entice home renters and buyers. Potential residents will bear economical consciousness in mind through these design concepts. Another house design concept being encouraged is called "Lifetime Homes", which is all about designing homes wherein people can still live graciously as they become old or disabled, according to the same article.
Dezeen.com offers an inside look at other British architectural designs that can certainly impress anyone. A very good example is the transformation of a 1960s dilapidated house that the architects at Edgley Design renovated and wrapped with stainless steel roofing, and fixing the former stately home located in Godalming, Surrey.
Still in the same article, aptly named the Eashing House, this mix of timber and brick property used to be a a lot of leaking structures. The main target of the said renovation was for a part of the old house that used to be a conservatory that froze during winter and overheated in the summer. The architects were quoted as saying "The scheme involved the upcycling of a 1960s house which was in a poor state of repair".
