The project’s material palette, formal restraint, and structural clarity reflect a quiet confidence—rooted in place, yet contemporary in tone. The design embraces suburban domesticity while subtly challenging it, offering a progressive model for low-impact housing within a traditional residential setting. The project has also received a prestigious structural timber award.

The house is constructed using a Structural Insulated Panel System (SIPs), supplied by local specialists Ecologic SIPs. This off-site fabrication approach enabled a rapid and precise build, while also contributing to high thermal performance and low operational energy use. The prefabricated structure is wrapped in natural sawn timber cladding at the upper level, resting lightly on a glazed ground floor—creating a floating effect that connects interior spaces directly with the woodland edge.

Spatially, the home balances simplicity and playfulness. A generous open-plan ground floor is grounded in views and natural light, while the pitched roof form allows for unique mezzanine-level spaces—an inventive response to family life that offers moments of seclusion and elevation.

This new build family home exemplifies how considered design, contemporary construction techniques, and contextual sensitivity can produce architecture that is as efficient as it is expressive. It demonstrates a forward-thinking approach to suburban infill—modest in scale but ambitious in architectural intent.

The project’s material palette, formal restraint, and structural clarity reflect a quiet confidence—rooted in place, yet contemporary in tone. The design embraces suburban domesticity while subtly challenging it, offering a progressive model for low-impact housing within a traditional residential setting. The project has also received a prestigious structural timber award.