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 I've been quiet since I got back from UK. A combination of factors. Disrupted sleep patterns, some routine medical stuff, and…

 This is a section of brickwork from the village of Buckler's Hard. Soft red bricks laid in Flemish Bond result in a very warm…

Yesterday was a meetup with my cousin after far too long. He took me to Bucklers Hard, a village on the Beaulieu River which used…

 In the final days of getting "water tight" we are framing and sheathing the roof!  Did we get it watertight within the 28 day…

 In this week's office hour session I give a little overview of Revit phasing and how being able to create filters for Phases…

  There's a process: looking for places to visit and planning how to get there. Then the desperate balance between snapping away…

  On Tuesday I targeted three churches by bus. Sadly I had to call time on my stamina after the first two. All the same it was a…

  Four Limehouse views with the tower of St Anne's hovering proudly. Featuring railway arches, an old pump station, modern…

  The United Reformed Church carries a date of 1800. Robust Tuscan columns and plasters form giant orders along the front. Not…

We’re heading up on Day 14 of the North Wing build! In this episode, I’m framing ceiling joists and cutting in skylight openings…

On this episode of The North Wing we are framing and tilting up the final exterior walls!  I talk a bit about the decision to use…

  The point is not to replicate a work by Escher but to reinterpret in a way that reflects the different medium. Lithography v…

I've been sifting through the working folders for my blog over the past 15 years. Quite a trio down memory lane. I extracted all…

 On this episode of The North Wing we add floor joists, blocking, joist hangers, and MORE joist hangers.  I also refer to the…

De La Warr pavilion. Fleshing out the East Wing. Restaurant, Bar, Kitchen, Toilets, storerooms, terraces.  Stairs at the end of…

I'm working on the two main stairs at Bexhill. Both sit inside bold glass cylinders that mark entrance positions, a typical…

Bexhill-on-Sea has long been a sedate English seaside town on the South-East coast. Land ownership was dominated by the Earls De…

Six weeks ago I was working on the Red House, home of William Morris and a response to the Industrial Revolution which was…

On this episode of The North Wing, I'm finally strapping on the tool belt and diving headfirst into framing! But there's a major…

In 2014 I was given a guided tour of the recently renovated De La Warr pavilion in Bexhill, a seaside town on the South-East…