Bletchley Park fans are abuzz with the launching of the new film The Imitation Game, all about Alan Turing and the code-breaking world...

This year has seen an explosion of building work, ask any builder in Milton Keynes and he will probably say that he cannot commit to any...

I was recently shown an article in which an American professor has moved into a dumpster (or bin as we know it in the UK) for one year as...

We have recently had two new enquiries from potential clients for very similar projects. The houses are quite similar, even the...

A lot of the recent enquiries which we have been receiving here at Building Tectonics have been from clients who may not know exactly...

If you follow our blog at all then you may remember that we posted an entry last year about an event which we spoke at about...

If you can extend a house to create more usable space then it is probably worth putting in the current market. This is especially true if...

Okay, so loft conversions are the most difficult work we do but even so, some people, honestly. I have just crawled, yes crawled around a...

It becomes increasingly clear that it is a lifestyle, or the dream of a particular lifestyle, that drives most of our clients to extend...

One of the first things new clients ask us is how successful we are at getting planning approvals. Other new clients can sometimes come...

Look around any old town in the UK, and you will see the amazing inventiveness and effort which was put into the design and installation...

Good design is an amalgam of a building plan which works together with an exterior that looks good. Now, that, of course, is putting it...

More often than not, our customers tend to be home or commercial property owners, developers and investors who are looking for an...

We have had a couple of projects recently, where clients have requested parapet walls instead of conventional eaves. Parapets are less...

Architects and architectural firms do not always have a ‘smooth ride’ with the project on which they are working. Sometimes,...

No two projects are alike, but of course, most projects share a few common features. We get projects where the brief starts off almost...

As you all know, the other day was Christmas so there was a lot of cooking which needed to be done, I began to think about how some of...

This is a special mid-week blog just to say Merry Christmas from everyone at Building Tectonics! Whether you’re inviting family and...

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the first government funded scheme of its type in the world, in the sense that it is the first...

Article 4 directions are issued by the council where specific control is needed, for example, in places where new developments could...