How Nature Controls The Size Of Your Home Bigger is better. Always. Right? Well it depends. Can you afford it? And is it permitted? Well you can answer the first question; let me answer the second. There are really two main regulations that control the size of a new house. Site coverage Height In Relation [...]

Whrr whrr whrrrr…  Yep. The dreaded sound of a dentist’s drill!  For a tooth that has developed a cavity, the dentist has two options – drill, fill, and try to give it a new life. Or pull it out altogether. Well, I’m no dentist, but this equally applies to older houses – renovate or remove. [...]

 She was a beautiful machine. Gleaming white body, cutting through the waves, handcrafted  leather, marble and mahogany fit-out.  Price tag – $40 Million. Jeff was an old friend and was eager to show me his computer animation and 3-D rendering work for a super-yacht. But aren’t we talking houses?   So what is 3-D rendering [...]

How Brief Should Your Design Brief Be   A perfect cup of coffee. Mmm, the aroma. One teaspoon of coffee. Half a teaspoon of sugar. Hot milk. Stir. Serve. Enjoy. So, despite these instructions, why is it that your coffee tastes  like… filtered sawdust?   The problem is CLARITY How big is the cup? One [...]

How The Mughal Emperor Can Reduce Your Design Risks 20,000 workers. Twenty-two years to complete. No mean feat. It was commissioned by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. His love for his wife Mumtaz was great. So great in fact, that when she died in 1631, he ordered construction of the most [...]