Luke Neale, Managing Director and founder of IGLOOS Washrooms, gives us the heads up on why washrooms have become a hot interior design feature.

Most services will have a control system to maintain predetermined levels e.g. heating in winter, air conditioning and/or adequate ventilation in summer, lighting control, etc.

The ecological impact of expending vast amounts of energy in force- drying a product chosen for its ‘fast track’ credentials seems on the face of it, a folly.

But you might not realise that, although it is not quite as high-brow, the same could be said of manufacturing preformed plywood. So even if you acquire expensive hi-tech manufacturing equipment...

'King of heels' Manolo Blahnik has opened his first European instore boutique in Dublin with a design and fit-out of a standard to match his sumptuous shoes.