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Building a new barn-style home combines traditional character with innovative modern construction techniques to achieve the best of both worlds, as these UK projects show

Paula Brailovsky Ruiz and Przemek Dudka took a run-down townhouse and turned it into the ultimate family home using eco-friendly materials

Have you ever noticed how a woodland walk can make daily stresses melt away? How the solution to a tricky work problem often pops into your head during a lunchtime breather in the local park? Or how t

The spirit of the arts and crafts movement meets modern passivhaus design in this Surrey home

Knowing this was going to be their forever home, Dawn and Graham Hillier put heart and soul into every aspect of their new-build project

A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events. By Jennifer Grimble