When asked by a long-time friend to build a garden-facing retirement home in Hobart, Australia, Brunswick-based architectural practice Archier created the Five Yards House, a timber-clad abode that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. PREFABULOUS FOR EVERYONE will be released April 18th 2023. Although structural insulated panel (SIPs) houses still only account ...

If you’re planning a self build or extension project and researching build options, there’s a good chance you’ve come across structural insulated panels, also known as SIPs. This build method has ...

As an architect, I’ve been using structural insulated panels (SIPs) since 1992, when they were relatively new. Since then, I’ve designed several hundred residential and commercial projects using SIPs.