Lofts with roof windows are incredibly beautiful, it makes the space so much brighter and more airy. It opens up the house to the sky above and lets you see the sun, rain, clouds and stars. I’…

Brightening your home with VELUX roof windows. Create better living environments by bringing daylight and fresh air through their range of roof windows

A modern house in Toronto, Canada, with walls of glass, a green roof, private outdoor spaces, and wood accents.

Designed as a research centre to aid the Muziris Heritage Project, the building is now mainly used as the headquarters for the Muziris Projects Limited. With large verandahs and timber louvres to mitigate solar radiation, the Centre for Muziris Studies is set apart from the typical vernacular architecture of Kerala. The social areas and the professional working areas are divided into two blocks, with the toilet block in the middle. The two buildings are connected by a semi-open passage on…

Often associated with Colonial and Greek Revival architecture, dormer windows can be found on any house with a sloped roof. Learn all about the styles here.

// Disclaimer: We are a VELUX partner and they sponsored the installation of the Roof Balcony Window and Skylights. However, all opinions in this blog post are our own.

If you’re balcony deprived this might be just the thing. The roof window manufacturer Fakro has created an innovative, large window whose sashes when opened crate a balcony in the loft. The upper top hung sash opens upwards, whereas the lower sash can be tilted forwards, allowing easy access to the balcony recess. The sash when rotated through 0° to 45° is supported by an innovative auxiliary mechanism which allows leaving the open sash in any position within this range. The upper sash can…

When my home was featured in Dutch Interior magazine VT Wonen last year, see the article here: Snapshots from a VT Wonen photoshoot, it was Barbara Natzijl who called me up to do the interview that came along with the pictures. The other day she sent me a message about a new blogpost she made showing one of […]

Aluminum custom fabricated bay window roof make a great architectural accent.