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When most offices move, the furniture ends up in a skip. We didn’t want that.
 
Earlier this year we relocated to Wharf Road and, in this article, Tom Webster and Annabel Rootes share how we dismantled, reworked, and reused our Scrutton Street fit-out, instead of starting again.
 
From modelling every piece of timber to rebuilding our six-metre kitchen island on site, it turned into an experiment in design, resourcefulness and culture.
 
And the best part? It cost less than 20% of the original fit-out.
 
Link in bio to read the full story.
 
@walthamstowwoodworks
@myrootes
 
#reuse #retrofit #engineering

Building on traditional methods while embracing new ideas has the power to reshape how we design with low-carbon materials.
 
Chloe Newmann, Associate in our structures team, discusses why advancing low carbon materials matters for the future of construction. She is a key member of our sustainability group and has been crucial in our ever-advancing use of structural stone with key collaborators, such as @thestonemasonrycompany. Her work with stone has included the Stirling Prize-shortlisted 15 Clerkenwell Close with @groupwork_arch and the recently completed Field House with @wilkinsonkingarchitects.
 
Webb Yates turned 20 this year. To mark the occasion, we’re sharing stories from across the practice that reflect on the last two decades and look to the future.

🎥 Dion Barrett
 
#20yearsofwebbyates #lowcarbonmaterials #structures #engineering #stone

Not long left to check out Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre.

The exhibition brings together architects, engineers, and makers who are rethinking the home for social, material, and environmental change. It explores what becomes possible when constraint is treated as a creative driver.
 
Our contribution focuses on natural materials and how they can move beyond finishes to take on a central role in structure and environmental performance. Through case studies, models, material samples, and installations, we show how new ideas can develop at small scale and carry into larger work.

@thebuildingcentre
@ashsakulaarchitects
@e8_architecture
@hsapics
@kashdanbrownarchitects
@neighbourhoodstudio
@resonantarchitecture
@rodicdavidson
@russianforfish
@studiobenjamin
@ubuild
@studiobark
@construktclt

Two projects recognised at the RIBA London Awards.
 
Smart’s Place and Oru Sutton both recently received a regional award, recognising two very different approaches to working with existing buildings in the city.
 
1.
 
Smart’s Place, designed by David Kohn Architects, introduces a new private dwelling above a nineteenth-century warehouse in Covent Garden. Rather than extending the commercial use below, the project creates a home at roof level, arranged as a series of stepped volumes with projecting bays, terraces, and views across London.
 
Our structural design replaced the original roof with a lightweight steel frame, supported by local strengthening, new vertical load paths, and foundation interventions where required. We also designed new self-contained building services for the dwelling, alongside upgrades to the retained office accommodation below.
 
@officedka
 
📸 Will Pryce
 
2.
 
Oru Sutton reworks part of a former BHS department store on Sutton High Street into a co-working, community, and wellness hub for Oru Space and Sutton Council.
 
Our team worked with Takero Shimazaki Architects and Samuel Chisholm Studio on Phase 1, where the retrofit took a light-touch approach to the existing building. The works included introducing new voids in the existing slab, extensions to the second-floor roof and core, and strengthening works where required, alongside mixed-mode ventilation, air source heat pumps, rainwater harvesting, and passive cooling measures informed by dynamic thermal analysis. We also completed the structural justification for Phase 2, which introduces a new spa, including a jacuzzi and plunge pool, at roof level.
 
@takeroshimazakiarchitects
@oru_space

📸 Anton Gorlenko

@riba

Two projects recognised at the RIBA London Awards.
 
Smart’s Place and Oru Sutton both recently received a regional award, recognising two very different approaches to working with existing buildings in the city.
 
1.
 
Smart’s Place, designed by David Kohn Architects, introduces a new private dwelling above a nineteenth-century warehouse in Covent Garden. Rather than extending the commercial use below, the project creates a home at roof level, arranged as a series of stepped volumes with projecting bays, terraces, and views across London.
 
Our structural design replaced the original roof with a lightweight steel frame, supported by local strengthening, new vertical load paths, and foundation interventions where required. We also designed new self-contained building services for the dwelling, alongside upgrades to the retained office accommodation below.
 
@officedka
 
📸 Will Pryce
 
2.
 
Oru Sutton reworks part of a former BHS department store on Sutton High Street into a co-working, community, and wellness hub for Oru Space and Sutton Council.
 
Our team worked with Takero Shimazaki Architects and Samuel Chisholm Studio on Phase 1, where the retrofit took a light-touch approach to the existing building. The works included introducing new voids in the existing slab, extensions to the second-floor roof and core, and strengthening works where required, alongside mixed-mode ventilation, air source heat pumps, rainwater harvesting, and passive cooling measures informed by dynamic thermal analysis. We also completed the structural justification for Phase 2, which introduces a new spa, including a jacuzzi and plunge pool, at roof level.
 
@takeroshimazakiarchitects
@oru_space

📸 Anton Gorlenko

@riba

Two projects recognised at the RIBA London Awards.
 
Smart’s Place and Oru Sutton both recently received a regional award, recognising two very different approaches to working with existing buildings in the city.
 
1.
 
Smart’s Place, designed by David Kohn Architects, introduces a new private dwelling above a nineteenth-century warehouse in Covent Garden. Rather than extending the commercial use below, the project creates a home at roof level, arranged as a series of stepped volumes with projecting bays, terraces, and views across London.
 
Our structural design replaced the original roof with a lightweight steel frame, supported by local strengthening, new vertical load paths, and foundation interventions where required. We also designed new self-contained building services for the dwelling, alongside upgrades to the retained office accommodation below.
 
@officedka
 
📸 Will Pryce
 
2.
 
Oru Sutton reworks part of a former BHS department store on Sutton High Street into a co-working, community, and wellness hub for Oru Space and Sutton Council.
 
Our team worked with Takero Shimazaki Architects and Samuel Chisholm Studio on Phase 1, where the retrofit took a light-touch approach to the existing building. The works included introducing new voids in the existing slab, extensions to the second-floor roof and core, and strengthening works where required, alongside mixed-mode ventilation, air source heat pumps, rainwater harvesting, and passive cooling measures informed by dynamic thermal analysis. We also completed the structural justification for Phase 2, which introduces a new spa, including a jacuzzi and plunge pool, at roof level.
 
@takeroshimazakiarchitects
@oru_space

📸 Anton Gorlenko

@riba

Two projects recognised at the RIBA London Awards.
 
Smart’s Place and Oru Sutton both recently received a regional award, recognising two very different approaches to working with existing buildings in the city.
 
1.
 
Smart’s Place, designed by David Kohn Architects, introduces a new private dwelling above a nineteenth-century warehouse in Covent Garden. Rather than extending the commercial use below, the project creates a home at roof level, arranged as a series of stepped volumes with projecting bays, terraces, and views across London.
 
Our structural design replaced the original roof with a lightweight steel frame, supported by local strengthening, new vertical load paths, and foundation interventions where required. We also designed new self-contained building services for the dwelling, alongside upgrades to the retained office accommodation below.
 
@officedka
 
📸 Will Pryce
 
2.
 
Oru Sutton reworks part of a former BHS department store on Sutton High Street into a co-working, community, and wellness hub for Oru Space and Sutton Council.
 
Our team worked with Takero Shimazaki Architects and Samuel Chisholm Studio on Phase 1, where the retrofit took a light-touch approach to the existing building. The works included introducing new voids in the existing slab, extensions to the second-floor roof and core, and strengthening works where required, alongside mixed-mode ventilation, air source heat pumps, rainwater harvesting, and passive cooling measures informed by dynamic thermal analysis. We also completed the structural justification for Phase 2, which introduces a new spa, including a jacuzzi and plunge pool, at roof level.
 
@takeroshimazakiarchitects
@oru_space

📸 Anton Gorlenko

@riba

Rammed Earth House takes home RIBA Regional Award.
 
Designed by Tuckey Design Studio, the private home is set within the remains of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, in the Cranborne Chase AONB. The plan follows the existing building pads and industrial traces, forming a cluster of sheltered courts with low rammed earth walls and lightweight timber roofs.
 
The house is one of only a few UK examples to use unstabilised rammed earth. Its walls are formed from a mix of clay dug from site, recycled brick and concrete from the demolition, and local gravel, rooting the new structure directly in the material history of the place.
 
The structural strategy is led by the earth walls, which sit on a raised plinth and carry timber roofs spanning between the courtyard wings. Careful detailing manages the exposure of unstabilised earth to weather. Deep eaves protect the wall faces, while lime mortar erosion checks allow the outer fines to erode in a controlled way as the surface gradually hardens. Civil work addressed the poor permeability of the clay ground through a SuDS strategy, directing runoff to a nearby pond.
 
“The project is a testament to what can be achieved when clients, designers, and makers come together with vision, courage, and trust.” — Sam Goss, South West & Wessex Jury Chair
 
@tuckeydesignstudio
@todhunterearleinteriors
@stonewoodbuilders
@erden.at
@thetimberframecompany
 
📷 Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth House takes home RIBA Regional Award.
 
Designed by Tuckey Design Studio, the private home is set within the remains of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, in the Cranborne Chase AONB. The plan follows the existing building pads and industrial traces, forming a cluster of sheltered courts with low rammed earth walls and lightweight timber roofs.
 
The house is one of only a few UK examples to use unstabilised rammed earth. Its walls are formed from a mix of clay dug from site, recycled brick and concrete from the demolition, and local gravel, rooting the new structure directly in the material history of the place.
 
The structural strategy is led by the earth walls, which sit on a raised plinth and carry timber roofs spanning between the courtyard wings. Careful detailing manages the exposure of unstabilised earth to weather. Deep eaves protect the wall faces, while lime mortar erosion checks allow the outer fines to erode in a controlled way as the surface gradually hardens. Civil work addressed the poor permeability of the clay ground through a SuDS strategy, directing runoff to a nearby pond.
 
“The project is a testament to what can be achieved when clients, designers, and makers come together with vision, courage, and trust.” — Sam Goss, South West & Wessex Jury Chair
 
@tuckeydesignstudio
@todhunterearleinteriors
@stonewoodbuilders
@erden.at
@thetimberframecompany
 
📷 Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth House takes home RIBA Regional Award.
 
Designed by Tuckey Design Studio, the private home is set within the remains of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, in the Cranborne Chase AONB. The plan follows the existing building pads and industrial traces, forming a cluster of sheltered courts with low rammed earth walls and lightweight timber roofs.
 
The house is one of only a few UK examples to use unstabilised rammed earth. Its walls are formed from a mix of clay dug from site, recycled brick and concrete from the demolition, and local gravel, rooting the new structure directly in the material history of the place.
 
The structural strategy is led by the earth walls, which sit on a raised plinth and carry timber roofs spanning between the courtyard wings. Careful detailing manages the exposure of unstabilised earth to weather. Deep eaves protect the wall faces, while lime mortar erosion checks allow the outer fines to erode in a controlled way as the surface gradually hardens. Civil work addressed the poor permeability of the clay ground through a SuDS strategy, directing runoff to a nearby pond.
 
“The project is a testament to what can be achieved when clients, designers, and makers come together with vision, courage, and trust.” — Sam Goss, South West & Wessex Jury Chair
 
@tuckeydesignstudio
@todhunterearleinteriors
@stonewoodbuilders
@erden.at
@thetimberframecompany
 
📷 Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth House takes home RIBA Regional Award.
 
Designed by Tuckey Design Studio, the private home is set within the remains of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, in the Cranborne Chase AONB. The plan follows the existing building pads and industrial traces, forming a cluster of sheltered courts with low rammed earth walls and lightweight timber roofs.
 
The house is one of only a few UK examples to use unstabilised rammed earth. Its walls are formed from a mix of clay dug from site, recycled brick and concrete from the demolition, and local gravel, rooting the new structure directly in the material history of the place.
 
The structural strategy is led by the earth walls, which sit on a raised plinth and carry timber roofs spanning between the courtyard wings. Careful detailing manages the exposure of unstabilised earth to weather. Deep eaves protect the wall faces, while lime mortar erosion checks allow the outer fines to erode in a controlled way as the surface gradually hardens. Civil work addressed the poor permeability of the clay ground through a SuDS strategy, directing runoff to a nearby pond.
 
“The project is a testament to what can be achieved when clients, designers, and makers come together with vision, courage, and trust.” — Sam Goss, South West & Wessex Jury Chair
 
@tuckeydesignstudio
@todhunterearleinteriors
@stonewoodbuilders
@erden.at
@thetimberframecompany
 
📷 Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth House takes home RIBA Regional Award.
 
Designed by Tuckey Design Studio, the private home is set within the remains of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, in the Cranborne Chase AONB. The plan follows the existing building pads and industrial traces, forming a cluster of sheltered courts with low rammed earth walls and lightweight timber roofs.
 
The house is one of only a few UK examples to use unstabilised rammed earth. Its walls are formed from a mix of clay dug from site, recycled brick and concrete from the demolition, and local gravel, rooting the new structure directly in the material history of the place.
 
The structural strategy is led by the earth walls, which sit on a raised plinth and carry timber roofs spanning between the courtyard wings. Careful detailing manages the exposure of unstabilised earth to weather. Deep eaves protect the wall faces, while lime mortar erosion checks allow the outer fines to erode in a controlled way as the surface gradually hardens. Civil work addressed the poor permeability of the clay ground through a SuDS strategy, directing runoff to a nearby pond.
 
“The project is a testament to what can be achieved when clients, designers, and makers come together with vision, courage, and trust.” — Sam Goss, South West & Wessex Jury Chair
 
@tuckeydesignstudio
@todhunterearleinteriors
@stonewoodbuilders
@erden.at
@thetimberframecompany
 
📷 Jim Stephenson

Multiple awards from RIBA for York Minster Centre of Excellence.

The Heritage Quad and Technology Hub, designed by Tonkin Liu, have both received RIBA Yorkshire Awards, while the Heritage Quad was named Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award.

York Minster was also recognised as RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year, acknowledging the long-term vision behind a project that brings heritage craft, training, research, and estate management together within the precinct.

The structures are the first significant new building projects in the Minster’s precinct in a century. Together, they form the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management. They house masons’ workshops, digital fabrication tools, a drawing room, and residential accommodation for interns and international collaborators. The Technology Hub brings state-of-the-art stone-cutting equipment into the precinct, while the Heritage Quad supports the more delicate hand-finishing, teaching, and research work.

Our structural and civil engineering work included the timber roof structures, the reuse and adaptation of existing masonry buildings, salvaged steelwork within the new structural arrangements, and sensitive shallow foundation strategies developed around the Roman archaeology beneath the site.

As Charlotte Harrison, Yorkshire Jury Chair, noted: “The Heritage Quad demonstrates how contemporary architecture can serve a historic setting not through imitation but through clarity, generosity, and long-term vision.”

She also described the Technology Hub as “a model for how heritage, innovation, and social purpose can be brought together with clarity and care.”

@tonkinliu
@yorkminsterofficial
@insallarch
@bucklandtimber_glulam
@simpson.york.limited
@gt_llp
@riba

📷 David Valinsky

Multiple awards from RIBA for York Minster Centre of Excellence.

The Heritage Quad and Technology Hub, designed by Tonkin Liu, have both received RIBA Yorkshire Awards, while the Heritage Quad was named Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award.

York Minster was also recognised as RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year, acknowledging the long-term vision behind a project that brings heritage craft, training, research, and estate management together within the precinct.

The structures are the first significant new building projects in the Minster’s precinct in a century. Together, they form the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management. They house masons’ workshops, digital fabrication tools, a drawing room, and residential accommodation for interns and international collaborators. The Technology Hub brings state-of-the-art stone-cutting equipment into the precinct, while the Heritage Quad supports the more delicate hand-finishing, teaching, and research work.

Our structural and civil engineering work included the timber roof structures, the reuse and adaptation of existing masonry buildings, salvaged steelwork within the new structural arrangements, and sensitive shallow foundation strategies developed around the Roman archaeology beneath the site.

As Charlotte Harrison, Yorkshire Jury Chair, noted: “The Heritage Quad demonstrates how contemporary architecture can serve a historic setting not through imitation but through clarity, generosity, and long-term vision.”

She also described the Technology Hub as “a model for how heritage, innovation, and social purpose can be brought together with clarity and care.”

@tonkinliu
@yorkminsterofficial
@insallarch
@bucklandtimber_glulam
@simpson.york.limited
@gt_llp
@riba

📷 David Valinsky

Multiple awards from RIBA for York Minster Centre of Excellence.

The Heritage Quad and Technology Hub, designed by Tonkin Liu, have both received RIBA Yorkshire Awards, while the Heritage Quad was named Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award.

York Minster was also recognised as RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year, acknowledging the long-term vision behind a project that brings heritage craft, training, research, and estate management together within the precinct.

The structures are the first significant new building projects in the Minster’s precinct in a century. Together, they form the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management. They house masons’ workshops, digital fabrication tools, a drawing room, and residential accommodation for interns and international collaborators. The Technology Hub brings state-of-the-art stone-cutting equipment into the precinct, while the Heritage Quad supports the more delicate hand-finishing, teaching, and research work.

Our structural and civil engineering work included the timber roof structures, the reuse and adaptation of existing masonry buildings, salvaged steelwork within the new structural arrangements, and sensitive shallow foundation strategies developed around the Roman archaeology beneath the site.

As Charlotte Harrison, Yorkshire Jury Chair, noted: “The Heritage Quad demonstrates how contemporary architecture can serve a historic setting not through imitation but through clarity, generosity, and long-term vision.”

She also described the Technology Hub as “a model for how heritage, innovation, and social purpose can be brought together with clarity and care.”

@tonkinliu
@yorkminsterofficial
@insallarch
@bucklandtimber_glulam
@simpson.york.limited
@gt_llp
@riba

📷 David Valinsky

Multiple awards from RIBA for York Minster Centre of Excellence.

The Heritage Quad and Technology Hub, designed by Tonkin Liu, have both received RIBA Yorkshire Awards, while the Heritage Quad was named Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award.

York Minster was also recognised as RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year, acknowledging the long-term vision behind a project that brings heritage craft, training, research, and estate management together within the precinct.

The structures are the first significant new building projects in the Minster’s precinct in a century. Together, they form the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management. They house masons’ workshops, digital fabrication tools, a drawing room, and residential accommodation for interns and international collaborators. The Technology Hub brings state-of-the-art stone-cutting equipment into the precinct, while the Heritage Quad supports the more delicate hand-finishing, teaching, and research work.

Our structural and civil engineering work included the timber roof structures, the reuse and adaptation of existing masonry buildings, salvaged steelwork within the new structural arrangements, and sensitive shallow foundation strategies developed around the Roman archaeology beneath the site.

As Charlotte Harrison, Yorkshire Jury Chair, noted: “The Heritage Quad demonstrates how contemporary architecture can serve a historic setting not through imitation but through clarity, generosity, and long-term vision.”

She also described the Technology Hub as “a model for how heritage, innovation, and social purpose can be brought together with clarity and care.”

@tonkinliu
@yorkminsterofficial
@insallarch
@bucklandtimber_glulam
@simpson.york.limited
@gt_llp
@riba

📷 David Valinsky

Multiple awards from RIBA for York Minster Centre of Excellence.

The Heritage Quad and Technology Hub, designed by Tonkin Liu, have both received RIBA Yorkshire Awards, while the Heritage Quad was named Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award.

York Minster was also recognised as RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year, acknowledging the long-term vision behind a project that brings heritage craft, training, research, and estate management together within the precinct.

The structures are the first significant new building projects in the Minster’s precinct in a century. Together, they form the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management. They house masons’ workshops, digital fabrication tools, a drawing room, and residential accommodation for interns and international collaborators. The Technology Hub brings state-of-the-art stone-cutting equipment into the precinct, while the Heritage Quad supports the more delicate hand-finishing, teaching, and research work.

Our structural and civil engineering work included the timber roof structures, the reuse and adaptation of existing masonry buildings, salvaged steelwork within the new structural arrangements, and sensitive shallow foundation strategies developed around the Roman archaeology beneath the site.

As Charlotte Harrison, Yorkshire Jury Chair, noted: “The Heritage Quad demonstrates how contemporary architecture can serve a historic setting not through imitation but through clarity, generosity, and long-term vision.”

She also described the Technology Hub as “a model for how heritage, innovation, and social purpose can be brought together with clarity and care.”

@tonkinliu
@yorkminsterofficial
@insallarch
@bucklandtimber_glulam
@simpson.york.limited
@gt_llp
@riba

📷 David Valinsky

Multiple awards from RIBA for York Minster Centre of Excellence.

The Heritage Quad and Technology Hub, designed by Tonkin Liu, have both received RIBA Yorkshire Awards, while the Heritage Quad was named Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award.

York Minster was also recognised as RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year, acknowledging the long-term vision behind a project that brings heritage craft, training, research, and estate management together within the precinct.

The structures are the first significant new building projects in the Minster’s precinct in a century. Together, they form the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management. They house masons’ workshops, digital fabrication tools, a drawing room, and residential accommodation for interns and international collaborators. The Technology Hub brings state-of-the-art stone-cutting equipment into the precinct, while the Heritage Quad supports the more delicate hand-finishing, teaching, and research work.

Our structural and civil engineering work included the timber roof structures, the reuse and adaptation of existing masonry buildings, salvaged steelwork within the new structural arrangements, and sensitive shallow foundation strategies developed around the Roman archaeology beneath the site.

As Charlotte Harrison, Yorkshire Jury Chair, noted: “The Heritage Quad demonstrates how contemporary architecture can serve a historic setting not through imitation but through clarity, generosity, and long-term vision.”

She also described the Technology Hub as “a model for how heritage, innovation, and social purpose can be brought together with clarity and care.”

@tonkinliu
@yorkminsterofficial
@insallarch
@bucklandtimber_glulam
@simpson.york.limited
@gt_llp
@riba

📷 David Valinsky

Multiple awards from RIBA for York Minster Centre of Excellence.

The Heritage Quad and Technology Hub, designed by Tonkin Liu, have both received RIBA Yorkshire Awards, while the Heritage Quad was named Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award.

York Minster was also recognised as RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year, acknowledging the long-term vision behind a project that brings heritage craft, training, research, and estate management together within the precinct.

The structures are the first significant new building projects in the Minster’s precinct in a century. Together, they form the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management. They house masons’ workshops, digital fabrication tools, a drawing room, and residential accommodation for interns and international collaborators. The Technology Hub brings state-of-the-art stone-cutting equipment into the precinct, while the Heritage Quad supports the more delicate hand-finishing, teaching, and research work.

Our structural and civil engineering work included the timber roof structures, the reuse and adaptation of existing masonry buildings, salvaged steelwork within the new structural arrangements, and sensitive shallow foundation strategies developed around the Roman archaeology beneath the site.

As Charlotte Harrison, Yorkshire Jury Chair, noted: “The Heritage Quad demonstrates how contemporary architecture can serve a historic setting not through imitation but through clarity, generosity, and long-term vision.”

She also described the Technology Hub as “a model for how heritage, innovation, and social purpose can be brought together with clarity and care.”

@tonkinliu
@yorkminsterofficial
@insallarch
@bucklandtimber_glulam
@simpson.york.limited
@gt_llp
@riba

📷 David Valinsky

Two senior structural roles are open in our Birmingham studio.

We’re looking for experienced structural engineers to join our civil and structural team in Birmingham, with opportunities available at Senior and Associate level.

Both roles will suit engineers who enjoy close collaboration with architects and wider design teams, and who are confident taking a leading role in the delivery of thoughtful, high-quality structural design across a range of sectors and materials.

Link to our careers page in bio for more info and to apply.

Hybrid House with Nagan Johnson Architects.
 
The refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed town house in Camden was our first built application of a hybrid stone and timber structure.
 
Developed through earlier research and prototyping, the project brings together thin stone slabs and timber elements, using each material where it works best. The stone slabs, provided by The Stonemasonry Company, form the floor surface and provide thermal mass, while the timber beams span between supports, carrying loads in bending.
 
Hybrid House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where case studies, installations, and material samples show how natural materials can benefit architects, engineers, and environmental designers.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.
 
@thebuildingcentre
@naganjohnson
@thestonemasonrycompany
 
📸 Alexander Collins

Hybrid House with Nagan Johnson Architects.
 
The refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed town house in Camden was our first built application of a hybrid stone and timber structure.
 
Developed through earlier research and prototyping, the project brings together thin stone slabs and timber elements, using each material where it works best. The stone slabs, provided by The Stonemasonry Company, form the floor surface and provide thermal mass, while the timber beams span between supports, carrying loads in bending.
 
Hybrid House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where case studies, installations, and material samples show how natural materials can benefit architects, engineers, and environmental designers.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.
 
@thebuildingcentre
@naganjohnson
@thestonemasonrycompany
 
📸 Alexander Collins

Hybrid House with Nagan Johnson Architects.
 
The refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed town house in Camden was our first built application of a hybrid stone and timber structure.
 
Developed through earlier research and prototyping, the project brings together thin stone slabs and timber elements, using each material where it works best. The stone slabs, provided by The Stonemasonry Company, form the floor surface and provide thermal mass, while the timber beams span between supports, carrying loads in bending.
 
Hybrid House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where case studies, installations, and material samples show how natural materials can benefit architects, engineers, and environmental designers.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.
 
@thebuildingcentre
@naganjohnson
@thestonemasonrycompany
 
📸 Alexander Collins

Hybrid House with Nagan Johnson Architects.
 
The refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed town house in Camden was our first built application of a hybrid stone and timber structure.
 
Developed through earlier research and prototyping, the project brings together thin stone slabs and timber elements, using each material where it works best. The stone slabs, provided by The Stonemasonry Company, form the floor surface and provide thermal mass, while the timber beams span between supports, carrying loads in bending.
 
Hybrid House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where case studies, installations, and material samples show how natural materials can benefit architects, engineers, and environmental designers.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.
 
@thebuildingcentre
@naganjohnson
@thestonemasonrycompany
 
📸 Alexander Collins

Natural materials can span architectural, structural and environmental design.
 
Roberto Mirabella will present this idea next week for ‘Engineering Natural Materials’, a session as part of the talks programme running alongside the Small Scale, Big Ideas exhibition at the Building Centre.
 
Drawing on our ongoing research and recent projects, including those featured within the exhibition, Roberto will look at the opportunities and constraints of working with materials such as stone, timber, earth, and straw.
 
A key theme is how structural, environmental, and architectural design can be considered together. These materials bring inherent properties, thermal mass, durability, low embodied carbon, but realising their potential depends on close coordination across disciplines. The discussion will explore how this can inform building services strategies, spatial design, and construction methods from the outset.
 
Link in bio to book your place.
 
Donations to the Built Environment Trust are optional.
 
Small Scale, Big Ideas brings together twelve practices – architects, engineers, and makers – who are rethinking the home for social, material, and environmental change. It explores what becomes possible when constraint is treated as a creative driver.
 
The exhibition is open to the public from 5 to 29 May at the Building Centre.
 
@thebuildingcentre

Making the case for stone at German Parliament.
 
Steve Webb was honoured to deliver a keynote speech at the second Parliamentary Evening of the German Natural Stone Association at the Bundestag a few weeks ago.
 
The event brought together more than 100 invited guests, including the Minister for Research and Development, as well as representatives from the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building.
 
Alongside other industry specialists, including our friends at Bamberger Natursteinwerk Hermann Graser, Steve was advocating for regional stone as a building material and the role it can play in more sustainable and circular construction. As part of his talk, he presented the research and development we’ve been collaborating on, and how this could translate locally.
 
Thank you to the German Natural Stone Association for the invitation. It’s encouraging to see natural stone being discussed internationally and at this level, and we’re excited to be a part of the conversation.
 
@bambergernatursteinwerk
@zukunftnaturstein
@steevieweevy
 
📸 Marc Beckmann/DNV

Making the case for stone at German Parliament.
 
Steve Webb was honoured to deliver a keynote speech at the second Parliamentary Evening of the German Natural Stone Association at the Bundestag a few weeks ago.
 
The event brought together more than 100 invited guests, including the Minister for Research and Development, as well as representatives from the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building.
 
Alongside other industry specialists, including our friends at Bamberger Natursteinwerk Hermann Graser, Steve was advocating for regional stone as a building material and the role it can play in more sustainable and circular construction. As part of his talk, he presented the research and development we’ve been collaborating on, and how this could translate locally.
 
Thank you to the German Natural Stone Association for the invitation. It’s encouraging to see natural stone being discussed internationally and at this level, and we’re excited to be a part of the conversation.
 
@bambergernatursteinwerk
@zukunftnaturstein
@steevieweevy
 
📸 Marc Beckmann/DNV

Making the case for stone at German Parliament.
 
Steve Webb was honoured to deliver a keynote speech at the second Parliamentary Evening of the German Natural Stone Association at the Bundestag a few weeks ago.
 
The event brought together more than 100 invited guests, including the Minister for Research and Development, as well as representatives from the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building.
 
Alongside other industry specialists, including our friends at Bamberger Natursteinwerk Hermann Graser, Steve was advocating for regional stone as a building material and the role it can play in more sustainable and circular construction. As part of his talk, he presented the research and development we’ve been collaborating on, and how this could translate locally.
 
Thank you to the German Natural Stone Association for the invitation. It’s encouraging to see natural stone being discussed internationally and at this level, and we’re excited to be a part of the conversation.
 
@bambergernatursteinwerk
@zukunftnaturstein
@steevieweevy
 
📸 Marc Beckmann/DNV

Will you be at UKREiiF?
 
Rob Nield and Liam Bryant will be representing us in Leeds this year, joining conversations around development, retrofit, infrastructure, and how projects are actually being delivered.
 
We’re looking forward to catching up with collaborators, meeting new teams, and spending time on the detail behind current and future work.
 
If you’re there and want to connect, drop us a message.
 
@ukreiif
@robnield1

Rammed Earth House with Tuckey Design Studio.
 
The private home is one of the few examples of unstabilised rammed earth construction at this scale in the country.
 
Set on the site of a former brickworks in Wiltshire, the house uses clay from the site, combined with crushed demolition material and local aggregate, to form loadbearing earth walls. These walls act as structure, enclosure, and finish, shaping both the character of the spaces and the environmental performance of the home.
 
The project’s successes and challenges have brought us a step closer to earth being more widely used as a building material in a UK climate, with careful detailing to manage weathering, moisture, and long-term durability.
 
Rammed Earth House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where models and material samples give a closer look at how the building was developed and constructed.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.

@thebuildingcentre
@tuckeydesignstudio
@lehmtonerde.at
@todhunterearleinteriors
 
📸 Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth House with Tuckey Design Studio.
 
The private home is one of the few examples of unstabilised rammed earth construction at this scale in the country.
 
Set on the site of a former brickworks in Wiltshire, the house uses clay from the site, combined with crushed demolition material and local aggregate, to form loadbearing earth walls. These walls act as structure, enclosure, and finish, shaping both the character of the spaces and the environmental performance of the home.
 
The project’s successes and challenges have brought us a step closer to earth being more widely used as a building material in a UK climate, with careful detailing to manage weathering, moisture, and long-term durability.
 
Rammed Earth House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where models and material samples give a closer look at how the building was developed and constructed.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.

@thebuildingcentre
@tuckeydesignstudio
@lehmtonerde.at
@todhunterearleinteriors
 
📸 Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth House with Tuckey Design Studio.
 
The private home is one of the few examples of unstabilised rammed earth construction at this scale in the country.
 
Set on the site of a former brickworks in Wiltshire, the house uses clay from the site, combined with crushed demolition material and local aggregate, to form loadbearing earth walls. These walls act as structure, enclosure, and finish, shaping both the character of the spaces and the environmental performance of the home.
 
The project’s successes and challenges have brought us a step closer to earth being more widely used as a building material in a UK climate, with careful detailing to manage weathering, moisture, and long-term durability.
 
Rammed Earth House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where models and material samples give a closer look at how the building was developed and constructed.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.

@thebuildingcentre
@tuckeydesignstudio
@lehmtonerde.at
@todhunterearleinteriors
 
📸 Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth House with Tuckey Design Studio.
 
The private home is one of the few examples of unstabilised rammed earth construction at this scale in the country.
 
Set on the site of a former brickworks in Wiltshire, the house uses clay from the site, combined with crushed demolition material and local aggregate, to form loadbearing earth walls. These walls act as structure, enclosure, and finish, shaping both the character of the spaces and the environmental performance of the home.
 
The project’s successes and challenges have brought us a step closer to earth being more widely used as a building material in a UK climate, with careful detailing to manage weathering, moisture, and long-term durability.
 
Rammed Earth House is featured as part of Small Scale, Big Ideas at the Building Centre, where models and material samples give a closer look at how the building was developed and constructed.
 
The exhibition runs until 29 May.

@thebuildingcentre
@tuckeydesignstudio
@lehmtonerde.at
@todhunterearleinteriors
 
📸 Jim Stephenson