There is something about the Redington Road house that makes you cheerful. It could be the copper barrel roof, or the roof’s focal circular window, or the elliptical staircase winding its way upwards behind the double storey height window. Whatever, the features add up to a house that our judges described as “delightful, right through to the details.
”There is something about the Redington Road house that makes you cheerful. It could be the copper barrel roof, or the roof’s focal circular window, or the elliptical staircase winding its way upwards behind the double storey height window. Whatever, the features add up to a house that our judges described as “delightful, right through to the details.”
The local authority planning department in fact wanted something fairly conventional on the site, and because an existing house was to be replaced, there were size constraints on the new building. The architect managed to win over the planners to its design and satisfy the clients by giving them a modern, environmentally friendly family house with more floorspace than the site’s original building had.
The floorspace was increased by incorporating an additional floor within the truncated barrel roof design. The patinated copper roof finish is shingle clad on the front and rear elevations with a more traditional standing seam system applied to the main barrel roof.
Internal features include a dining table designed by the architect which has a recycled plastic surface, bespoke kitchen units, curved walls to provide concealed storage and brightly coloured full height doors.
To meet the clients’ wishes for an environmentally friendly house, the architect specified green materials, including certified timber and sheep’s wool insulation for the walls. Recycled second hand teak and maple hardwood flooring was used throughout and the roof contains solar heating technology. Surface water from the roof and terraces is collected for re-use to water the gardens.
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