The oak cladding and cedar shingle roof are complemented with copper rainwater goods and painted timber windows. 

The house is raised above the flood levels by around 1m with a rear raised timber deck allowing flood waters to flow beneath the house in extreme cases. 

More photographs of the finished project can be found here.

Construction work is shortly to start on the BWP Architects designed pair of  Contemporary new houses on a piece of woodland just off The Shrave in Four Marks, Hampshire.

Originally designed for a private client and his parents the project has recently been sold on to a developer who is now intending to build out the project for the open market. Further details and images can be seen on our projects page here.

The three new contemporary eco-homes designed for Econvery Developments Ltd in Church Crookham, Hampshire are now all completed and occupied. The houses incoporate many eco-friendly technologies and features including wood-chip boilers, photovoltaic panels as well as solar thermal heating, triple glazing and green roof to the rear.

Click here for more information and images on this project.

The project is for developer Peter Hawkes and this is our third project working with Peter.

The open corner glazed scheme with extensive decked area makes the most of the views and allows natural light to flood into the existing gloomy interior.

Carefully detailed research on the surrounding streets and properties enabled a report to be put to the planners to demonstrate the wide variety of materials and architectural styles in the area. Likewise, a detailed Ecology Report carried out specifying mitigation methods, timings etc will ensure that disruption to the local bat population is kept to a minimum.

More details and images can be found here.

A Full Planning Application has been submitted to East Hants District Council for the construction of two new Contemporary homes for one of our private clients.

The site in Four Marks, Hampshire, is surrounded by protected trees whose Root Protection Zones cover almost the entire site. Use of a piled foundation system with suspended ground floor slabs lifted out of the ground will prevent damage to the roots and will ensure that ground water is still able to get to the roots.

The use of additional insulation, tight air-leakage limits, whole house ventilation with heat recovery, air source heat pumps and wood burning stoves with LED lighting throughout will mean that the energy usage of these buildings is kept to a minimum.  Locally sourced sweet chestnut cladding and rainwater harvesting utilising the space below the ground floor slabs add to the environmental credentials of these houses. As the sweet chestnut weathers and silvers naturally the sculptural houses will blend further into their woodland setting.

Adjacent to the A31, acoustic screening and a heavy masonry structure will limit noise from one side of the site while the north of the site will benefit positively from the passing sound of the occasional train along the adjacent Watercress Line, a volunteer and enthusiast run local steam train line.