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In the near future, I'm going to have to build myself two spaces to live in - one temporary one, while I get planning permission for a permanent one, and of course, a permanent one. They've both got to be very cheap. The permanent one has to be durable and comfortable. Consequently, I've been thinking a lot about living spaces.

Site specific low cost housing for a windy site

by Simon Brooke in Auchencairn, Wednesday, 15 December, 2010

Conventional new housing in Galloway is a mess. Over the past thirty years, the planners have favoured houses with pitched slate roofs, concrete block walls rendered and painted white, and faux-granite detail facings. These buildings are not simply ugly. They're also hard to heat, too expensive, and much too obtrusive in the landscape. Galloway needs a better solution to rural architecture. [read more]

The turning of the year -- Monday, 5 March, 2012
The darkest hour, it's said, is before the dawn. Just as I ran completely out of money, my luck turned. Here's what happened.
The Winter Palace in Winter -- Saturday, 3 March, 2012
It's a long time - four and a half months - since I last blogged about this house. Then, it was three walls of raw straw bales covered with the skeleton of a roof covered by tarpaulins. Now, I'm sitting in my bed in my upstairs bedroom, leaning back against the panelled wall.
Build Day Two -- Tuesday, 11 October, 2011
On the morning after Build Day, I was deflated and anxious. The building needed to be completed, and I couldn't do that on my own. But then, something wonderful happened...
Build Day -- Sunday, 9 October, 2011
How the Winter Palace was built.
Building the bothy: plan -- Thursday, 11 August, 2011
Provided it doesn't rain, I'm planning to build the Winter Palace on 17th September
Introducing the Winter Palace -- Saturday, 18 June, 2011
A cabin in the woods means I'm no longer under time pressure; planning permission is off the critical path.
Things I miss -- Sunday, 12 June, 2011
This essay is to celebrate those aspects of our modern western lives which actually are to be valued. So here's a list of things I miss...
Settling into the Summer Palace -- Wednesday, 11 May, 2011
I've now moved into my temporary shelter in my own woods.

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