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Home Office & Garden Room Designed by Charlie Luxton

These Building were designed by Charlie Luxton Designs a very well respected and committed team of environmental and sustainable designers and architects, (charlieluxtondesigns.com) and built by us.

They make use of super insulated timber I joists, lined and taped vapour control layers. Painted larch cladding incorporating shadow gaps and fly screen, underfloor heating, large oak framed triple glazed windows and doors.

The Office was designed to take full advantage of the views of the surrounding woodland. Whilst creating a charming, ambient work environment, with oak floors and desks and internally timber clad walls. The kitchen and the shower room furniture were hand build and painted.

The Garden room offers exceptional additional living space, built partly into the ground to keep the roof level low, and adding a gentle supplement to the charm of the garden. Drainage of both rainwater and foul sewage required careful consideration on this semi submerged site.

Bucks, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust Designed by Simmonds Mills

This Building was commissioned by the Bucks Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife trust and was designed by Simmonds Mills, a leading environmental and retrofit architectural practice, (simmondsmills.com) and was built by Neil May builders in 2002.

Paul Wapshare was the site manager for the duration of this project.

The building design incorporates the following:

Structural rammed earth blockwork & lightweight interlocking clay block partitions
Waterless urinals & low water usage sanitaryware
Rainwater collected & used for flushing toilets and general cleaning uses
On-site “separation and compost” sewage treatment system
Clean burning wood stoves for space and hot water heating
Natural clay plasters
Ecological self-levelling and self-colouring floor finishes
Natural paints and finishes throughout
Home-grown cedar shingles for upper rooves to collect rainwater
Passive solar design as key to building’s orientation and position
Super-insulated British made timber ‘I’ beam structural frame
Sheep’s wool and recycled cellulose fibre insulation materials
Turf roof to the lower rooves of the building to replace lost habitat area
P.V/Thermal hybrid Solar panel to provide summer hot water in addition to stove