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Building Biomembranes 4 Aug 2012 | 04:43 am
I have this concept going on in my mind (first wrote about it in 2007) about the exterior surface of buildings being like a living membrane or “biomembrane” (a term for the exterior surface of a cell)...
New Article Archive 22 Jul 2012 | 05:57 am
I’ve just posted up all my favourite old articles from my old site “the Design of Gardens”, which was always about more than just gardens! You can find articles on the following link and I will adjust...
Summerhouse update 16 Jul 2012 | 04:36 pm
Having just written the post on Dubai, we go from the ridiculous to the sublime… my summerhouse, is of course, far more significant! Weeks of heavy rain and flooding have proved one thing – it doesn’...
Dubai – a sustainable society? 16 Jul 2012 | 04:23 pm
I recently spend some time in Dubai on business, looking to put green walls up there on a big scale. It’s a crazy place, I’d guess rivalled by few cities in the world for sheer extravagance (Los Vega...
The Alternative Future 19 Jun 2012 | 04:36 pm
I watched a programme recently on BBC4 about Glastonbury “after hours” by Julien Temple, looking at the fringe areas of the festival, areas with names like Shangri-La, Arcadia, Block 9, the Unfair Gro...
Chaos Rains… 15 Jun 2012 | 05:01 am
Well, we had an eventful day with the recent floods. With a months rain falling in one night, getting to work in our part of the world (Chichester area, on the South coast of England) proved interesti...
Summerhouse Update 10 Jun 2012 | 10:51 pm
As yer all dying to know how the build is going, here’s an update. All is now secured and weatherproof, apart from the doors, which are under construction (conversions from another pair of the same sa...
Have yer Landscape and Eat it 7 Jun 2012 | 02:48 pm
I’ve just posted up an article on edible landscapes, which originally appeared on my old site, thedesignodgardens.com. I want to gradually update and re-write some of my better stuff from there, so t...
Summerhouse Project 5 Jun 2012 | 08:17 pm
So in one of those typically rain-drenched weeks (Jubilee week, no less), I decided to take time off and build a summerhouse. Well, you have to be an optimist, don’t you? I had already built a deck ...
That S word… 5 Jun 2012 | 08:01 pm
I get bemused by the way in which we use that S word; you know, sustainability. We seem to be glibly applying it to anything and everything, so when I was thinking about it on the train, I naturally ...
