Derided in some quarters for being the preserve of the volume housebuilder, pattern books have a rich history and could yet play a part in the government’s new housing drive Pattern books might seem a ...

When trying to envision the Second Empire-style phase of Victorian architecture one usually conjures up an exuberant, mansard-roofed confection of a house that looks ripped directly from a 19th ...

InfoQ.com is facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in professional software development. InfoQ content is currently published in English, Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese. With ...

Thirteen new housing designs have been commissioned for the New South Wales Housing Pattern Book, as per the state government, with the aim to make the delivery of homes faster. Some architects say it ...

Brutalist architecture gained popularity in the postwar era of the 1950s and 1960s, which grew out of the early 20th-century modernist movement. The style is defined by block-like forms—predominantly ...