Design

Learn how early tendering in Technical Design gives real prices, reduces risk, and protects both design quality and budget on your build.

Stop your home from turning into a greenhouse this summer. Discover simple habits and easy adaptations that can lower indoor temperatures by up to 10°C.

Alan and Ali wanted a low energy home that would be much more energy efficient than the average new build.

To be a success, a Paragraph 84e home needs three key ingredients; a great site, an engaged client and the right design team.

In this blog, find out why using a cheap architect is a false economy and a better architect will save you money on the rest of your project.

In this blog, discover why airtightness is important to create a warm, low-energy home that's healthy and draught-free.

We retrofitted this home in Oakham, Rutland to perform higher than most new build homes and it cost £200,000 less.

Having lived with the benefits for a few years, I wanted to tell you a bit about the transformation our retrofit and extension has made to my family’s life.



This Autumn, the HEM Architects studio visited The Burrows, an earth-sheltered self build Passivhaus on the Sheffield / Barnsley border.

In this blog, we give a summary of the different types of planning permission and why you might use one over another.