In magazines, we’re always looking ahead. While our readers are in summer holiday mode, we’re already planning Christmas. Deadlines come round fast and there’s always a countdown to the next big marker in the calendar. It can be disorientating, but it does make us appreciate time as we race through each year – or, in this case, years, since this particular issue marks our 150th anniversary edition.

And there’s much to celebrate. Time together was so precious for talented crafters Jono and Emily, they swapped city life for a workshop in rural Fife. Further south, an Edinburgh designer had just months to pull together a magical scheme for a large remodelling project. Architect George Woodrow, meanwhile, was still a student when he took on the redesign of an Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson lodge in Argyll – and had to wait a decade to see it through to completion. This issue is full of intriguing architecture projects: remote builds, unusual builds, builds that offer ways to work with the planet instead of against it. What unites them is the sensitivity and passion with which they’ve been completed, along with an appreciation of their surroundings.

Our cover star – a project in Glasgow’s Govanhill – is unlike anything else you’ll see; immerse yourself in a bit of time-travel at this futuristic pad. As autumn reveals itself, it’s time to get cosy with our round-up of all you might need for a timeless living room update. It’s time to be present, wouldn’t you agree?