livingspace3 limited

design . development . delivery

Wood House, 3a Leaf Way, St Albans

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Project Brief
Design and build a contemporary family house utilising new construction technologies on a brown field site.

Project Scope
Design, Planning Approval, Specification, Sourcing, Construction and Project Management.

Project Solution
The detached dwelling has been constructed on a piled raft foundation with an Austrian sourced, cross laminated timber (CLT) structure.

The house is split level and is arranged over three floors and features sedum grass roof areas, a standing seam zinc mono-pitch roof and is clad in high performance render and cedar panels. The windows and doors were sourced from Denmark and are aluminium sashes on timber casements.

With maximum air-tightness and super insulation the house is extremely energy efficient and will benefit future occupants with significantly reduced running costs.

Awards
Winner - St Albans Civic Society Award for 2012 - “…A truly delightful house! Sited in back-land, its concept is nevertheless both contemporary yet sympathetic and near perfect in scale."