Garages And Alternative Garden Furniture - 09 / 04
At Ecospace it is our aim to offer you a diverse range of buildings, from an array of attractive, modern and unique outdoor shelters to new style garages. This diversity is largely a result of the creative imagination of our architects as well as the modern materials on offer. It is high time that garden buildings started to look as ...
Survey Shows Approvals for Pre-Designed Schools - 20 / 02
Pre-designed school buildings are twice as likely to be accepted by local authorities and schools themselves as they were just 18 months ago, according to new research which a leading UK building magazine published at the start of this year.
A survey for the magazine’s most recent Education White Paper has revealed that nearly half (46%) of education authorities ...
Work Flexibly … from Your Garden! - 06 / 02
As the winter did its worst with snow at the start of the year, and many of us struggled to get into the office on icy roads and delayed public transport networks, if you found yourself wishing you could work from home, you were far from alone.
Many bosses must have also wished for a way their staff could keep ...
Enjoy your garden office all year round - 31 / 01
The prospect of working from your back garden may seem fabulous during the summer months when the sun is streaking into your home and you’re looking out at the green and peaceful space outside.
However, in the depths of winter when the colour has been bled from the trees and hedges and an icy wind is whipping around your ...
Start the new year in style with new garden rooms - 09 / 01
If you’re looking to make changes to your property to help ensure you start 2013 in style, why not think outside the box - quite literally? Rather than solely focussing on the interior of your home, making tweaks to the decor, you have the chance to introduce brand new outbuildings in the form of garden studios.
These additions can significantly ...
Getting the most from your garden office - 27 / 12
Working from home may seem like a dream come true. By ditching the office, you can wave goodbye to all those long and stressful commutes and, as long as you organise your time wisely, you may be able to enjoy a healthier work-life balance.
However, there are lots of potential pitfalls to avoid. For example, rather than relying on impromptu ...
Enjoying stress free breaks in modular holiday homes - 01 / 12
One of the main goals of jetting off on holiday is to kiss goodbye to the stresses and strains of everyday life and enjoy some relaxation. Breaks away from home also provide a good opportunity for you to spend some quality time with your loved ones.
A great option these days when it comes to vacations is to take advantage ...
Stay Fit and Motivated All Year Round with a Garden Gym - 30 / 11
It is fair to say that getting fit and keeping in shape is a lot easier to do in the summer than it is in the winter. Indeed, cycling to work, jogging round the park and going to the gym is much easier when the sun is out and the evenings are bright. However, once the days become shorter and ...
Additional Living Space for your Grown up Children - 19 / 11
It is a fact that more young adults than ever before are choosing to live with their parents rather than move out on their own. If you are the parent of a grown-up child then this is of great importance to you. After all, it can be hard to reconcile your son or daughter’s need for space and independence ...
5 Great Environmentally Friendly City Habits - 24 / 10
Creating an environmentally friendly living space for everyone might seem like quite the challenge, but expert say we CAN make a difference, perhaps as early as 2030. It’s estimated that by 2030 the world’s population will have doubled in urban areas. More people now live in cities than elsewhere, and that’s a first for humanity! Making cities ...The Future of Housing Will Be Eco-friendly, Affordable and Customised - 01 / 10
Being architects, we love hypothetic building questions – what will homes be like in the future? If we colonise Mars, what will family homes look like? How can we make city buildings more eco-friendly? There’s a pretty much infinite series of these kinds of questions constantly travelling around our sustainable housing design studio! But, in all seriousness, what WILL the ...Rapid Garden Offices Build To Order - 27 / 09
At Ecospace we do everything we can to give you a building that matches your specific requirements. This is a great way of designing your own building that is truly a child of your creation. We will do our best to accommodate your wishes with what our dedicated architects can create, whether that be a range of small garden offices ...Beautiful Garden Buildings From Ecospace - 01 / 09
Many people consider home extensions but after looking at what is on offer, they can’t find something that matches their style quotient, nor their functional requirements. While traditional extensions are great for extending the house and can add a much needed office or studio, they are somewhat predictable in their design and are still attached to the house. This ...Boosting your productivity with the perfect garden office - 31 / 08
You might like the idea of working from home. You could kiss goodbye to those long and tiring commutes, achieve a better work-life balance and you might also be able to boost your productivity. However, there are certain pitfalls you’ll have to avoid once you swap the office for the comfort of your own abode. For example, if you ...Boost your fitness regime with a garden gym - 10 / 08
Getting fit and staying in shape’s not easy. You might struggle to find the time to head to the gym and there are all those tasty snacks and tempting drinks to lead you astray. However, there’s one simple way to make your exercise regime much easier. By bringing the treadmill, weight machines and so on to your home ...Bespoke Garden Rooms - Your Questions Answered - 31 / 07
When moving is not an option, but you need more space, building outdoor rooms is one obvious, year-round solution. But whether you're considering garden offices, a gym or anything else, it's a big decision and you are bound to have questions. Here we try and answer some of the more common ones. In terms of planning permission, most ...Modular Classrooms - The Benefits - 17 / 07
Modular classrooms are a low-cost solution to overcrowding in schools as budgets get tighter. Typically there are savings on design and building expenses. Construction techniques and materials have improved so that temporary and permanent solutions are available for just about every school accommodation situation. As well as being cost-effective, modular classrooms are built in a fraction of the time it ...Modular Classrooms The Benefits - 30 / 06
Modular classrooms are a low-cost solution to overcrowding in schools as budgets get tighter. Typically there are savings on design and building expenses. Construction techniques and materials have improved so that temporary and permanent solutions are available for just about every school accommodation situation. As well as being cost-effective, modular classrooms are built in a fraction of the time it ...Garden Studios and Building Regulations - 06 / 06
While planning permission allows you to go ahead with a particular development, building regulations approval ensures that work is completed in a way which is both structurally sound and complies with relevant building regulations. Garden studios and similar outdoor structures with a floor area of less than 30sqm do not generally need to comply with building rooms, although they may ...Modular Holiday Homes The Sustainable Housing Option - 23 / 05
Eco modular homes are an increasingly popular option for holiday accommodation in a range of rural, coastal and other settings – and it’s easy to see why. Modular holiday homes can be constructed very quickly, and are built with eco-friendly materials, including recycled ones wherever possible. Modular holiday lodges are also constructed with energy and water efficiency in mind. With ...Find Your Exercise Mojo with a Garden Gym - 01 / 05
Finding the time, never mind the willpower, to exercise, can be a real challenge at the best of times, especially in the winter months. However, there is an alternative which doesn’t involve running in the freezing cold, or schlepping out to the gym – exercise in your own home. A garden gym allows you to do just that with plenty ...Choosing the Right Architect - 30 / 04
The success of any building project depends to a large extent on the quality of the scheme’s initial design and planning, whether you are building something completely new or changing an existing structure. Finding professional, reputable and competent (not to mention reasonably priced) architects can seem quite a challenge. There are so many firms offering their services for a ...Garden Offices: Planning Permission Basics - 10 / 04
Modern technology, the increase in broadband and wireless networks, and flexible working hours, mean it’s never been easier to work from home. Given that it isn’t always easy to use a room in your house as an office, garden offices are a great option, and keep your working and home lives separate. You won’t have to move ...What are Modular Buildings - 31 / 03
Modular buildings and homes are prefabricated structures made up of various modules or sections, which are built away from where they will be placed, and then taken to the site where they will be used. Here they can be assembled into a single building. There are various advantages to modular buildings, including their cost-effectiveness compared to the price of conventional ...Why Use Green Architects - 15 / 03
“Green” architecture is a broad term, ranging from energy efficiency to non-toxic interior finishes to using solar power and recycled materials in construction. Specialist eco architects can help achieve these goals by incorporating sustainability at design stage to create buildings which are resource-efficient, environmentally sound and minimise waste. Ultimately, maintenance and operational costs are often lower with these types of ...
