{"id":778242,"date":"2025-03-28T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=778242"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:05:57","slug":"its-only-natural-five-live-projects-made-using-natural-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/buildings\/its-only-natural-five-live-projects-made-using-natural-materials","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s only natural: five live projects made using natural materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rammed Earth House by Tuckey Design Studio<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_778266\" class=\" wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"breakout wp-image-778266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-1024x630.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-768x472.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-1600x984.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-1951x1200.webp 1951w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-1536x945.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-2048x1260.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-230x141.webp 230w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094408\/219_JS_HR_2-WEB-150x92.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography: Jim Stephenson<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearing completion, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/jonathan-tuckey-gets-go-ahead-for-rammed-earth-house-in-wiltshire\">650m\u00b2 house on the remains of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire is designed to Passivhaus standards<\/a>. The former factory was built in a clay-rich area \u2013 now the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.<\/p>\n<p>The project, a collaboration with Austrian rammed earth specialist Lehm Ton Erde, consists of low-rise structures sitting on the footprint of the 19th century brickworks structures, with rammed earth buildings placed between, creating sheltered courtyard gardens. The construction is a mixture of rammed earth walls and lightweight timber elements. The walls are made of site-won clay, which is combined with demolition aggregate and water, avoiding the use of cement and lime stabilisers. The proportions of the mix \u2013 equal parts of each constituent material \u2013 were devised to be easily explained and repeatable by a builder unfamiliar with the process. The earth walls enclose bedrooms, living areas, snugs and nooks, while creating carved forms, such as benches and niches, much like the poch\u00e9s of a medieval castle. The rammed earth has also been used for the stairwell, long fa\u00e7ades and heated flooring. The material can extend over 100m without movement joints when designed correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the earth, the material palette comprises cedar shingle roofing, copper drainpipes, Chicksgrove limestone sills, bag-rubbed brick and reclaimed greenheart timber colonnades.<\/p>\n<p>Once fully complete, the scheme will be one of a few examples in the UK that use unstabilised rammed earth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_778252\" class=\" wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"breakout wp-image-778252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12093746\/RAMMED4-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12093746\/RAMMED4-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12093746\/RAMMED4-300x200.webp 300w, 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https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12093746\/RAMMED4-150x100.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual: Tuckey Design Studio<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Project data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong> Wiltshire | <strong>Start on site<\/strong> March 2021 | <strong>Expected completion<\/strong> April 2025 | <strong>Construction cost<\/strong> Undisclosed | <strong>Client<\/strong> Private | <strong>Structural engineer<\/strong> Webb Yates | <strong>Contractor<\/strong> Stonewood Builders | <strong>Rammed earth consultant<\/strong> Lehm Ton Erde |\u00a0<strong>Natural materials<\/strong> Unstabilised rammed earth, Chicksgrove and Purbeck limestone, reclaimed greenheart oak, cedar shingles, Douglas fir, clay plaster, mycelium<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image fullsize image_size_full\" data-attachment=\"778649\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><span class=\"fullsize\" title=\"Show fullscreen\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-778649\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133734\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20252-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133734\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20252-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133734\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20252-300x119.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133734\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20252-1024x408.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133734\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20252-768x306.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133734\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20252-1600x637.webp 1600w, 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src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-1024x498.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-768x373.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-1600x778.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-2000x972.webp 2000w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-1536x747.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-2048x996.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-230x112.webp 230w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133750\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-2025-150x73.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Shugborough Visitor Centre by Citizens Design Bureau<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_778271\" class=\" wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"breakout wp-image-778271 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-1000x666.webp 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-748x499.webp 748w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-492x328.webp 492w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-1600x1067.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-1800x1200.webp 1800w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-185x123.webp 185w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-230x153.webp 230w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094916\/INDEX-IMG_3307-copy-150x100.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography: Citizens Design Bureau<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Granted planning permission in 2024, this is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/citizens-design-bureaus-straw-bale-welcome-centre-for-listed-estate-approved\">\u2018net zero\u2019 welcome centre built<\/a> with straw bales on the 17th century, Grade I-listed Shugborough Estate in the West Midlands. London-based Citizens Design Bureau has designed a curved \u2018eco-lodge\u2019, whose structure will be constructed from renewable and locally sourced materials, using a timber structure and straw bale infill to minimise carbon emissions, in addition to blown glass, sheep\u2019s wool and wood fibre board.<\/p>\n<p>Providing ticketing, a caf\u00e9, toilets and access facilities on the site of a currently underutilised outbuilding, the shape of the centre has been designed to curve around the roots of an oak tree, while a second structure housing toilets and services mirrors the curve, protecting the root zone of chestnut trees behind the building. Heating will be drawn from ground source heat pumps, with electricity provided by a combination of roof and ground-mounted photovoltaic cells. The aim is for operational net zero, with a predicted energy use of 49.4-52.9 kWh\/m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<p>The building will be a new gateway for the 365ha Shugborough estate, which has been managed by the National Trust since 2017. It forms part of the National Trust\u2019s masterplan for the estate, which includes accessibility improvements and rewilding across the site.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing Shugborough\u2019s history of horticultural innovation \u2013 including growing Britain\u2019s first hothouse pineapple \u2013 the fa\u00e7ade features a textured \u2018pineapple\u2019 pattern created using pargetting, a traditional but dying craft employing lime, sand and water.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_778270\" class=\" wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"breakout wp-image-778270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094743\/286_SE1-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094743\/286_SE1-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094743\/286_SE1-300x200.webp 300w, 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https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094743\/286_SE1-185x123.webp 185w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094743\/286_SE1-230x153.webp 230w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12094743\/286_SE1-150x100.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual: Secchi Smith<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Project data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong> Milford, Great Haywood, Stafford | <strong>Start on site<\/strong> Wider site construction: December 2024, visitor centre: April 2025 | <strong>Expected completion<\/strong> December 2025 | <strong>Construction cost<\/strong> \u00a32.7 million | <strong>Client<\/strong> The National Trust |\u00a0<strong>Structural engineer<\/strong> Civic Engineers |\u00a0<strong>M&amp;E engineer<\/strong> Introba |\u00a0<strong>Straw bale specialist<\/strong> Wellspring Architecture |\u00a0<strong>Natural materials<\/strong> Straw bales, lime pargetting, lime render, clay plaster, wood fibre boards<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image fullsize image_size_full\" data-attachment=\"778651\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><span class=\"fullsize\" title=\"Show fullscreen\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-778651\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133830\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20253-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133830\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20253-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133830\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20253-300x109.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133830\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20253-1024x372.webp 1024w, 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class=\"inline_image fullsize image_size_full\" data-attachment=\"778652\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><span class=\"fullsize\" title=\"Show fullscreen\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-778652\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133848\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20254-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133848\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20254-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133848\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20254-300x186.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133848\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20254-1024x635.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133848\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20254-768x477.webp 768w, 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Architecture<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_778278\" class=\" wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"breakout wp-image-778278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-300x223.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-1024x761.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-768x571.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-1480x1100.webp 1480w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-1614x1200.webp 1614w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-1536x1142.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-2048x1522.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-230x171.webp 230w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095838\/THEHEA3-150x112.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Webb Yates<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently completed, this 250m\u00b2 building provides facilities along with a sensory garden for The Heathland School, which caters for students with special educational needs. Employing a number of natural and circular economy techniques, the scheme has a unique structure that employs both low-carbon and recycled materials throughout, including foundations made of recycled car tyres and timber piles. The external walls are formed with loadbearing straw bales sourced from a local farm in Osterley, which in turn support an asymmetric timber pitched roof. The windows and doors are all made using 100 per cent FSC-certified timber frames.<\/p>\n<p>Being located beneath a busy flight path, the building had to meet rigorous acoustic criteria, achieved through high-performance acoustic glazing and the properties of the straw bale walls and dense natural fibre insulation in the roof. The building also meets stringent accessibility requirements. The combination of high thermal insulation, incorporation of MVHR and solar PV panels, in addition to the windows, make the building net zero in operation.<\/p>\n<p>Construction started with the timber roof, propped by temporary works, to keep the straw bales dry and viable while stored on site. Once the walls were constructed, the roof was then lowered onto them. The roof features a lightweight living roof on its shallower pitch and cedar shingles on its steeper pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The project engaged trainees from The School of Natural Building during the construction programme, offering practical courses in straw bale building.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_778279\" class=\" wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"breakout wp-image-778279 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-1024x724.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-768x543.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-1555x1100.webp 1555w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-1697x1200.webp 1697w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-1536x1086.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-2048x1449.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-230x163.webp 230w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095922\/THEHEA1-150x106.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual: Wellspring Architecture<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Project data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong> Hounslow, London TW4 |\u00a0<strong>Start on site<\/strong> July 2023 |\u00a0<strong>Completion<\/strong> September 2024 |\u00a0<strong>Construction cost<\/strong> Undisclosed |\u00a0<strong>Client<\/strong> London Borough of Hounslow |\u00a0<strong>Structural engineer<\/strong> Webb Yates |\u00a0<strong>Contractor<\/strong> Borras Construction |\u00a0<strong>Natural materials<\/strong> Loadbearing straw bales, timber, wood fibre, lime render, rough sawn larch, clay plaster, local ash dado cladding, recycled gypsum boards<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image fullsize image_size_full\" data-attachment=\"778653\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><span class=\"fullsize\" title=\"Show fullscreen\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-778653\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13133932\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20256-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" 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https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-1000x666.webp 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-748x499.webp 748w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-492x328.webp 492w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-1600x1067.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-1800x1200.webp 1800w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-185x123.webp 185w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-230x153.webp 230w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095530\/Finchley-Road-c-Webb-Yates-7-WEB-150x100.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography: Webb Yates<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/tahas-groupwork-starts-construction-of-10-storey-flats-with-load-bearing-lava-stone\">3,000m\u00b2 granite stone building<\/a>, providing 22 homes above lower-level workspace in north-west London, is due to complete at the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Using approximately 725 tonnes of granite from Larvik in Norway, the project is a 10-storey self-finished stone structure, completely loadbearing, without the need for steel reinforcement bars or a secondary structure \u2013 the first building of its kind since the last stone cathedrals were erected. The volcanic rock will form 596 columns and beams. When finished, it will have about 80 per cent less embodied carbon than a steel frame clad in stone and 55 per cent less than a concrete structure clad in stone.<\/p>\n<p>The volcanic rock was chosen after extensive fire testing of its performance compared with limestone at the British Research Establishment. It was discovered that a lava stone exoskeleton would require roughly half the amount of stone to that of a limestone exoskeleton, due to its superior resistance to internal fracture during a fire.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme won planning permission in 2016, but former developer Linea Homes only carried out demolition of the existing building before selling the site.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_778274\" class=\" wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1694px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-778274\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095121\/Finchley-Road-c-Groupwork-1-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1684\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095121\/Finchley-Road-c-Groupwork-1-scaled.webp 1684w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095121\/Finchley-Road-c-Groupwork-1-197x300.webp 197w, 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https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/12095121\/Finchley-Road-c-Groupwork-1-99x150.webp 99w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1684px) 100vw, 1684px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual: Groupwork<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 1694px;\"><p class=\"empty_inline_source\"><\/p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Project data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong> 317 Finchley Road, London NW3 |\u00a0<strong>Start on site<\/strong> November 2021 |\u00a0<strong>Expected completion<\/strong> October 2025 |\u00a0<strong>Construction cost<\/strong> Undisclosed |\u00a0<strong>Client<\/strong> 317 Finchley Road |\u00a0<strong>Structural engineer<\/strong> Webb Yates | <strong>Contractor<\/strong> Ernest Park |\u00a0<strong>Stonemason<\/strong> Lundhs |\u00a0<strong>Natural materials<\/strong> Granite<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image fullsize image_size_full\" data-attachment=\"778656\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><span class=\"fullsize\" title=\"Show fullscreen\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-778656\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13134035\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20257-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13134035\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20257-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13134035\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20257-300x111.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13134035\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20257-1024x379.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13134035\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20257-768x285.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/13134035\/UNDER-CONSTRUCTION_DWGS_March-20257-1600x593.webp 1600w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/studio-gil-wins-approval-for-community-led-food-growing-centre-in-haringey\">former council-run plant nursery and garden centre in Haringey<\/a> was taken on in 2017 by a consortium of community food-growing organisations and volunteers, including the Black-led community interest company The Initiative, growers\u2019 enterprise Black Rootz and OrganicLea, a co-operative producing and distributing food and plants locally.<\/p>\n<p>Plans under way for revitalising this semi-derelict site include three new low-carbon buildings, along with a series of courtyard spaces, constructed from bio-based materials such as straw and locally sourced timber. The scheme focuses on growing and distributing \u2018wholesome food\u2019 and engaging local communities in education, enterprise and events.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as a \u2018replicable model for community-led market gardens\u2019, the project has been backed by the Mayor of London\u2019s Good Growth-funded Market Garden City programme, aiming to develop plots for local food production, distribution and kitchens, which also offer access to green space, training, volunteering and employment. The scheme will provide a new community hall for hosting communal kitchens, workshops and events; an office and classroom building for the African diaspora-led Ubele Initiative campaign group; and a large communal distribution building and food store.<\/p>\n<p>The construction system consists of a lightweight timber frame infilled with straw bales sourced from a farm just outside London. The frames are being constructed from lower-grade C16 timber, sourced from smaller local mills. The elevations are lime-rendered and overclad in places by timber screens, providing additional protection.<\/p>\n<p>As much material as possible was retained from the existing buildings. Concrete waste from existing slabs were used to form the rubble trench foundations and clay extracted when digging them was used as plaster for the internal walls.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important elements of the project has been the notion of the \u2018site as classroom\u2019, with participatory design and knowledge-transfer at the core of the design and construction process. 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