Tag Archives: design/architecture

Here’s one we prepared earlier…

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Matt Wood

Talking of larders, as we were, I was pointed at this scheme we did at Lucas Hickman Smith a few years ago for a sustainability enthusiast down near Halesworth.

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Nice to Meet You, Unit 11.

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Matt Wood

I had a very enjoyable trip down to ‘the Smoke’ yesterday, courtesy of Unit 11 at the University of East London School of architecture. The Unit, run by Arthur Smart and Jamie Scott-Baxter, is in its second year looking at rural … Continue reading →

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Thatch-fest #2

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Matt Wood

My tweet-pals at HAT Projects have reminded me of Ushida Findlay’s thatched Pool House 2, near Aylesbury Vale. It’s too good to miss out.

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Thatch-fest!

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Matt Wood

Writing about McCreanor Lavington’s Langerak reminded me of another Dutch project we came across a couple of weeks ago at Lucas Hickman Smith while researching ‘contemporary thatch’. Bureau B&B’s ‘Entreehuis’ was published on the excellent dezeen.com.

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‘Rogers Dumped from Oxley Park’

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Matt Wood

Last week Buidling Design magazine covered Taylor Wimpey’s decision to abandon the last phase of their much published development at Oxley Park in Milton Keynes, designed by architectural mega-star Richard Rogers.  Their leader focussed on issues of construction and delivery, … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to 2011

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Matt Wood

After a bit of a break over Christmas, I’m going to carry on with my rambling treatise on rural design, but before I do, it’s worth mentioning a couple of more generally design-related events to look forward to in 2011.

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Contemporary ‘Farmsteads’?

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Matt Wood

If Crown Paddock serves as a rather literal exemplar of the ‘farmstead’ (one of my four rural archetypes), how about this from Dutch architects Atelier Pro, in a proposal for new development around Norwich Research Park led by Norwich-based development … Continue reading →

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Roofs Across Fields #4 – A Modern ‘Take’

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Matt Wood

As I said before (here), my opinion that the roof is more important than the wall in the rural landscape of Norfolk was based in no small part on hours spent gazing out of train windows on the Norwich to … Continue reading →

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Rural Simplicity #2 – Hunsett Mill

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Matt Wood

Finally, I’ve found time for a few words about Hunsett Mill which won the Manser Medal for ‘Best New House’ at the RIBA Awards a few weeks back. But it’s not really my own words I’m focussing on; it’s something … Continue reading →

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Roofs Across Fields #3

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Matt Wood

I talked in the last post about how growing trees can change the appearance of an urban edge over time, which reminded me…

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