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Name: Lanesborough Design & Build
Address: Maidenhead, Berkshire, GB
Telephone: 01628 326326

Notes from the studio on architecture, planning strategy, material craft and what it really means to design and build under one roof.

Wall layers at a window opening: timber, insulation, membrane, brick

Sustainability · Lanesborough Design & Build · April 2026 · 6 min read

Building fabric first: the quiet discipline of a low-energy home

Airtightness and clean junctions are not a certificate: they are simply how a building should be made. A note on fabric as the first sustainability decision.

Old brick house front with sash window and green panelled door

Planning · Lanesborough Design & Build · February 2026 · 7 min read

Building new in a conservation area: strategy before drawing

Most conservation-area refusals are lost before the design begins. How we read local policy and build the planning case first.

Pencil drawing of a stone window surround beside the built window

Practice · Lanesborough Design & Build · December 2025 · 5 min read

The quiet advantage of design and build for private clients

One contract, one team, one point of responsibility. Why removing the gap between designer and builder protects both cost and quality.

Lime plaster, limestone, aged oak and bronze samples in raking light

Craft · Lanesborough Design & Build · October 2025 · 5 min read

Materials that age well: a note on choosing for the long term

We choose materials for how they will look in twenty years, not twenty minutes. On patina, weathering and the discipline of restraint.

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