"Architecture in extremely cold climates requires more than just importing building practices from temperate zones. It demands rethinking materials, design, and energy efficiency from the outset ...

There is, says Hirigoyen, “a huge piece of work to be done” when it comes to retrofitting local architecture for both hot and cold weather. Much of this country’s housing stock was built ...

In the long-running psychodrama of the British weather, cold has played a secondary role ... or triple-glazed — and airflow managed by the architecture”. A passive house requires no external ...