Our Favourite sustainable buildings in Europe

This month, we pay homage to Europe. Julie, our resident Frenchie and all-round tastemaker has also just returned to the practice. So here you have it, our favourite sustainable buildings in Europe. We’d love to know which is your favourite.

Image: David Foessel via Dezeen

Our Favourite storage solutions

This month’s theme is inspired by a recent conversation on our Facebook page. We asked “what makes a house a home?” and someone mentioned storage. With this in mind, our favourites this month is dedicated to clever storage solutions.

Our Favourite timber cladding

If you look at our Projects page, it’s easy to see how we feel about timber cladding. We love using it for its versatility, performance and sustainability.

We’re delighted to be joined by David Ross from Russwood this month. In case you missed it, we teamed up with Russwood a few months ago to share their top tips for finding the best timber cladding.

Our Favourites x Sheffield Modern

Later this month, Sheffield Modern, the arts festival inspired by the city’s architecture, returns for the second year.

The weekender aims to get people thinking about the shape of the city in new ways – through exhibitions, talks, walks, family-focused workshops, installations, and film screenings. Inspired by the festival, the team have taken a closer look at our city’s architecture.

Our Favourite living architecture

We’re always interested to see how architecture and the buildings around us incorporate elements of the natural world.

Our Favourites x Colours of Sheffield

We have teamed up with ColoursofSheffield for a very special edition of Our Favourites.

Our Favourite places to visit in Barcelona

Our talented Architectural Assistant, Marcus, recently left us to spend a summer travelling and exploring the world. First up is a trip to Sri Lanka and next will be a cycling trip around Europe.

In honour of his travels, we thought we’d put together a list of must-see places for him to explore when he visits Barcelona – one of the many cities on his bucket list.

Safe travels Marcus!

Image: ArchDaily

Our Favourite buildings that break boundaries

We might not be heading to this year’s London Festival of Architecture, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take inspiration from this year’s theme: ‘boundaries’.

Our favourite healthy buildings

Inspired by our upcoming health edition of Notes From a Small Practice, we have chosen our favourite ‘healthy’ buildings – which has made for an interesting selection as it can be interpreted in many ways.

When thinking about a guest contributor for this topic, Lloyd Alter immediately sprang to mind. Lloyd is the design editor of TreeHugger (he’s a fan of the Hen House) and contributes to a wide variety of media including The Guardian and MNN.com. When it comes to talking about sustainable architecture, look no further.

Our favourite visitor attractions

From Snowdonia to the dizzy heights of Mount Hamilton in California; this month our favourites take you on a world tour. Closer to home, we’re all looking forward to visiting The Weston – the Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s newly opened visitor centre designed by Feilden Fowles. We’re all regular visitors to the YSP [it’s less than an hour away from Sheffield] and have eagerly awaited the new addition to the YSP’s landscape.