About
What Cat Street Collective is for, who writes it, how claims are checked, and where to write when we get something wrong.
What you are looking at is a working blog. Old pieces stay up in the archive rather than quietly disappearing, including the ones that have aged badly.
Cat Street Collective exists for one reason. Most pages about the subject are written to sell something, and very few are written by people who will still be here to answer for what they published.
Articles are filed under one topic each, so an archive page reads as a list rather than a pile. Most of the traffic here lands on architecture, construction and interior design.
Every article carries the name of the person who wrote it, and every name links to a page listing everything else they have written.
James Harlow, Architecture and design writer. James has written about architecture and the built environment for over a decade. He covers everything from landmark towers to small residential projects, and is particularly interested in how design decisions affect the people who use a space.
Clara Voss, Construction and sustainability writer. Clara specialises in construction methods, materials and sustainability. She has reported on major infrastructure and commercial projects across North America and writes regularly about the intersection of building practice and environmental responsibility.
Nina Park, Interior design and renovation writer. Nina writes about interior design, renovation planning and the material choices that define how a space feels. She approaches every subject from the perspective of someone who has to live with the result.
Every piece here starts with a question somebody actually asked. If we cannot answer it from experience or from a source we can name, it does not get published.
We buy what we write about. It is slower, it is more expensive, and it is the only arrangement that lets us say a thing was not worth it.
If you want the mechanics rather than the summary, the editorial policy has them, including what we refuse to publish.
There are questions we routinely decline. Anything that depends on facts only you can see, and anything where being wrong would cost you real money on our say so.
Tell us which line is wrong and why, at info@catstreetcollective.com or through the contact page. Small errors are corrected the same week. Anything that changes the advice gets a dated note at the bottom of the article.
