#naturalbuildingmaterials

Orchard House is a 171sqm three-bedroom family home located on a historically contentious Green Belt site in Warrington, characterised by its woodland setting and deep generational ties to the client’s family. The timber-framed new build home has successfully resolved a 65-year history of failed planning applications by delivering an exceptionally low-impact, high-performance design. Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson Designed by Studio Bark, with structural input from Structure Workshop and ecology guidance from SolumEnvironmental, the scheme was approved for its exceptional architectural and environmental merit. The homefollows a fabric-first approach, achieving a low operational energy use of 40.5KWh/m2, and an embodied carbo... More