04-05 Floating Home Floating Home by i29 architects is part of Schoonschip , a new floating village of 46 households that aims to create Europe ’ s most sustainable floating community .

12-16 Panoramic House A unique house by ON-A Architects with the landscape as a guest star .

26-28 Buying a kitchen Julia Trendell , design expert at Benchmarx Kitchens , provides some top tips on how to buy a kitchen .

36-37 How to channel light through your property Peter Daniel , Product Innovation Director at The Rooflight Company , discusses how to use natural light to beautifully frame any room .

46-48 Oakbridge Bespoke Homes : Project Case Study Oakbridge Bespoke worked as a build partner to deliver this timber-framed barn over the course of 12 months .

52-55 A modernist home transformed into a light bright space The owners of this home are a warm , sociable family who love to cook , so needed a space they could spend time together comfortably .

64-66 Delivering elegance through biophilic design Tasked with designing a residential extension that blurred the distinction between inside and out , One-World Design embraced the challenge to deliver a multi-award-winning project in the heart of Wandsworth .

68-71 Three deck upgrades that optimize project potential , performance and profits By : Simon Thomas , TrexPro and Owner of Simon Thomas Deck & Design .

Panoramic House ON-A Architects © Adrià Goula

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