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News • News • 30 Nov 2021
Sustainable farming education centre FarmED by Timothy Tasker includes exemplary energy-efficient mixed-use farm buildings
Recently completed FarmED at Honeydale Farm by Timothy Tasker is a sustainable farming education centre in the Cotswolds. With environment and regeneration at its core, FarmED was established as a demonstration farm to show how regenerative farming techniques can combat climate change, as well as educate communities, farmers, and governing bodies about sustainable farming methods. The Farm’s mission extends to its architecture, which includes three energy-efficient mixed-used farm buildings.
Tim Crocker
The three farm buildings take the form of long timber barns arranged around a central courtyard, a formation that draws on the traditional farmsteads of the Cotswolds region. The buildings and the courtyards were desi... More
Product • By Rockpanel • Rockpanel Stones
Rockpanel Stones
Solid as a rock, yet highly flexible. Rockpanel Stones panels offer you the best of both worlds: they look like stone and have the same fire-resilient qualities, but they can also be bent and curved. Order your samples here
Once you’ve curved and placed the panels in the way you like, you don’t have to worry about shrinking or expanding. As the panels do not respond to changes in temperature or moisture, dimensional stability for the years to come is guaranteed. This allows you to use narrow joints
As the Rockpanel Stones panels are light-weight, they are very easy to handle and particularly suitable for use on high-rise buildings.
Going for unusual recesses or other striking features? Virtually everything is possible. Detailing can be... More