Next year’s Ecobuild has a look at the effect of 3 years of Government legislation on building practice – the Code for Sustainable Homes, EPCs, and many others. These are for new building and also refurbishment and DIY refitting.
We are supposed to be headed for the zero carbon home by 2016 – that is [...]
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World’s biggest event for sustainable green building, DIY, architecture, and living.
2 – 4 March 2010 at Earls Court London.
Ecobuild has:
100 free seminars
1000 suppliers’ stands
Conference with famous people
Speakers include Joan Ruddock, lots more
Cityscape & Ecobuild Installer – for builders, DIY fans and developers
Commentators at Ecobuild Arena
Sponsored by RIBA, BRE
Free registration for invitation >
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David Snell & Friends at The National Self Build & Renovation Centre – talks and advice on Project Management. At Swindon centre off M4 junction 16.
11 am til 4pm – talks, seminars etc on this most important subject. Covers finding land, design, planning, choosing trades & materials, project management.
Have a look at the Project [...]
We are moving away from housing into internet web site building. Someone assumed that’s what the Building DIY site was all about and it seemed like a good idea.
Web sites were my area of work prior to house building, so it is easy to provide some useful information, advice and tips. My aim is [...]
We have a new page on photographing architecture, landscapes and buildings. Urban photography includes street scenes, buildings, roads, bridges, as well as landscape in the country.
Technique is most important as you need to think about every photograph you take. Composition and framing, lighting, context are examined with many other tips.
Visit the Building DIY photography [...]
This page has been on a while, we have had comments about some of the more obscure toys like Building Blasters, Bayco, Betta Bilder etc.
Lego is still very popular as a block building toy, with Duplo and Megabloks (or Megablox) for toys for tots. Lego has got into character Lego such as Star Wars Lego [...]
