Start with the news release Basement solution to shoe-box homes from Concrete Centre, which we summarised at the time by saying "Guy Thompson, head of architecture and sustainability at The Concrete Centre, believes the provision of basements would help counter RIBA criticism of 'shameful shoe-box homes'.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release National consumer poll by super-fabricator Sierra from Epwin Group: "New national survey reveals that appearance and security are the single most important factors for homeowners when buying new windows and doors. ".
 
In September 2011, we covered the news from British Gypsum - take a look at British Gypsum new Thistle brand finishing plaster which says: "Thistle Spray Finish is a spray applied 2mm finishing plaster that provides a high quality, smooth finish in a fraction of the time.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from TRADA Technology, ITRADA wood species App for iPhones., as well as Seamless Sensing new building sensing products from Seamless Sensing, and Lime Technology new external wall insulation (EWI) from Lime Technology.