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PROJECT: House at Piper's End
LOCATION: Hertfordshire, UK
CLIENT: Private
BUDGET: Undisclosed
COMPLETION: 2008
AWARDS:
RIBA Award, 2009: Winner
Manser Medal, 2009: Shortlisted
AAI Award, 2009: Special Mention
Building Futures Design Excellence Award, 2009: Highly Commended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Tthis new family house replaces a delapidated farmhouse on 2 acre site in rural Hertfordshire. Planning permission for the house, which is within the Greenbelt, was awarded because the new house was demonstrated to be more sustainable in the long term than refurbishing the existing building.

The design of the new house is sensitve to its setting within an existing, mature landscape, including an orchard belonging to the original house.

The house and the new landscaping surrounding it are conceived in plan as five strips, characterised by different materials: a thicket of silver birch; a timber cabinet; a vitrine of timber framed glass; a loggia of steel columns supporting a perforate metal canopy and a concrete reflecting pool.
 
 
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