The brightly coloured steel frame for a new Villa takes shape along the Cheshire / Greater Manchester border. cb3 Design is working to deliver the project in partnership with the original design team based in Stockholm. The design is a bespoke commission to replace an older property. The images show the completed Steel Frame in… Read more »
Hello again! We’ve been a little quiet online with our online updates of late, but along with the usual madness of juggling summer holidays and projects, we’ve recently had an office move in Peebles and an office refresh in Lymm. The Peebles office has not moved far, just down a floor (1 less flight of… Read more »
A selection of projects from our Cheshire office have recently shortlisted for awards. Delightfully, they have proceeded in a range of categories at a regional level in the ‘LABC Building Excellence Awards’ 2018. Entries are spread across ten main categories; in addition, with small and large sub categories available for some. Several categories are solely… Read more »
Springtime Progress: we have submitted various projects for Planning applications in Scotland recently: in the Peebles area, as well as some further afield in North Queensferry and Hawick. We’ve now broken ground on a big residential project in the Lake District. We’re working our way through the concept stage for a residential development in Berwickshire;… Read more »
You may be aware as a Landlord from 1st April 2018 some rules are to change regarding new lets. Any property offered for new or renewed rental agreement will need to have an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) rating of grade ‘E’ or higher. Property under existing agreements must be rated Grade E or above from… Read more »
This week was the annual Eco-Build Conference and trade show in London. One of the cb3 design team attended seminars on a range of topics including: re-purposing waste materials into new buildings research projects in health inside our places of work exploration of new materials designs for factory made houses which assemble on site… Read more »
Liverpool : 10 Years On. Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year in 2008 saw completion of the cb3 design’s Botanic Park Sports & Changing Pavilion. A revisit this week shows the building now coming up to its 10th birthday. 10 years on, a few minor modifications have been made since completion; but otherwise the building with its distinctive… Read more »
We are pleased see this recently completed house renovation & extension be put forward for an award in the LABC Awards 2017. The judges highly commended the project, which consists of a whole house renovation & rear extension. The team at Warrington Borough Council LABC nominated this residential home in the Northwest Region in the… Read more »
At the end of January ‘Planning Application Fees’ were increased by 20% following parliamentary approval in December 2017. The Planning Application Fees increase is one element of a series of planning legislation changes which come into effect this year. For more information on the changes expected please click HERE. This links through to… Read more »