News and insights from Michael Limb Builders
I’ve done all the dumb things – the rise of a cadet and the quest for experience
Read More2014 saw MLB introduce our first architect cadet to the team. You quickly realise that when someone walks in the door, looks you in the eye, shakes your hand and says “Hi, I’m keen to get started, I’ve been looking...
Building smart-GreenSmart
Read MoreYou may have seen the Greensmart Logo on our website or Facebook page and wondered what it meant so we thought we would explore it in more detail. The GreenSmart concept was a voluntary initiative undertaken by HIA in 1999...
Stunning privacy solutions
Read MoreBrowsing the Houzz website is a little bit of an obsession for us here at MLB as we love seeing new and innovative ideas and concepts. When we found this article featuring some exceptionally clever privacy approaches we just had...
MLB top 5 Grand Designs (Australia edition)
Read MoreFollowing the popularity of our Top 5 UK-based Grand Design choices, we’ve gone back to the office and reluctantly (not really) dived into episode after episode of Grand Designs Australia. Okay so the host is no Kevin McCloud, however this...
MLB top 4 apps
Read MoreIn the technology-loving age we live in, it seems everything is turning digital. Rather than falling behind the times, the team at Michael Limb Builders are embracing new technologies in order to deliver increasingly efficient projects to our clients. As...
Thermal mass and saving your life
Read MoreOver the last decade or so, as the focus of commercial and residential architecture has shifted to ‘going green’, the popularity of thermal mass in construction has boomed. However the concept of thermal mass is nothing new. Ancient civilisations, particularly...
How cool are your shades?
Read MoreIt seems like a crazy fact, however direct sunlight can actually generate the same amount of heat as a single bar radiator does over each square metre of surface. When the sun’s rays come directly in contact with a window...
Michael Limb Builders’ top 5 Grand Designs (UK edition)
Read MoreAt Michael Limb Builders, we’ve painstakingly poured through hours and hours of the television series, Grand Designs, to bring you our favourite 5 examples of great home construction. It just so happens that Grand Designs is actually our favourite show,...