Wherry Housing Association wanted its Mayfield Rd, development in Huntingdon to 'promote sustainability'
Code 5 with flair
PRP Architects and Kingspan Potton aimed to rack up the ecopoints on a new housing association development, but not by just bolting together airtight boxes. Mike Jeffree reports
Kingspan Potton is working with Barratt on level 6 200-home Hanham Hall near Bristol, the first English Partnerships’ Carbon Challenge winner
From heritage to heat pumps
The newly-formed Kingspan Potton business brings together seemingly contrasting approaches to timber-based building, but the company says it’s a blend that works. Mike Jeffree reports
St Katherine's roof shape will echo the traditional gables in Ledbury
The ‘open’ ground floor will contain the public aspects of the buildings, while traditional library activities will take place in the upper, more contained level
The time traveller's architect
A new timber-built library in Ledbury will link the 15th and 21st centuries. Sally Spencer reports
Charring is a traditional Japanese method for preserving exterior timber
English Woodlands’ burnt offering
English Woodlands Timber (EWT) has supplied chestnut logs for an unusual exhibit at the Victoria & Albert museum in London – a charred timber teahouse designed by Japanese architect Teronobu Fujimori.
Charring is a traditional Japanese method for preserving exterior timber
English Woodlands’ burnt offering
English Woodlands Timber (EWT) has supplied chestnut logs for an unusual exhibit at the Victoria & Albert museum in London – a charred timber teahouse designed by Japanese architect Teronobu Fujimori.
