The bold sawtooth-shaped timber structure of the design studio at Falmouth School was a response to a brief from a group of 13-year-old pupils that acted as the client throughout... read more →
Aston Martin commissioned Weedon Partnership Architects and Austrian Contractor Holzbau Saurer to design and build their new Design Studio at Gaydon in Warwickshire. They were looking for a building which... read more →
The project consists of two 2-bedroom houses on a site to the rear of a terraced row of listed buildings in London SE1. One of these 300-year old buildings is... read more →
The ‘heart space’ is a key element of the Marlowe Academy gridshell. The doubly curved timber gridshell roof that unites all the internal spaces is a section of a toroid... read more →
The Longshaw Estate Study Centre in the Peak District National Park was inspired by its woodland and moorland setting and a strong sustainable agenda. The desire for a well-insulated building... read more →
A new public swimming pool and park in the centre of Formby contains a 25metre five lane pool, learner pool, fitness suite and café. The timber framed building is clad... read more →
Timber for the roof structure was European larch, sourced from FSC plantations in Windsor Forest on The Crown Estate. This was specified as being the best timber from a local... read more →
Loft living rarely implies new-build or affordable housing but here, next to a railway viaduct on London's South Bank, four smart one-bedroom 'lofts' have been economically built using sustainable wooden... read more →
The Serpentine Gallery pavilion for 2005 was a dramatic 400m2 arching grid of laminated spruce elements designed by the famous Portuguese architects Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura in... read more →
Maggie’s Highlands Cancer Caring Centre at Raigmore Hospital Inverness is a one and a half storey timber frame building designed to reflect and harmonise with the adjacent landscape designed by... read more →
This project shows how careful choice of low cost materials plus innovative use of new products can create domestic architecture of real quality on a very small budget. 'A fantastic... read more →
"I could have stood there all day Just looking at it," was one judge's comment on the Downland Gridshell for the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum near Chichester. This... read more →