Thursday 06 May 2021
‘[Grain House] has a sense of permanence; it will be fabulous for the foreseeable’ – Karen Stylianides, Editor, Grand Designs Magazine and Don't Move, Improve! Judge
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‘We spent a lot of time thinking about the relationship of the tone of the timber with the tone of the brickwork, as something which is sympathetic but also quite striking. And also, building in this idea of the grain house and the grain of the fabric, the grain of the footprint, and how that works as a kind of inside and outside relationship’ Hayhurst & Co.
'It’s a pretty special space that they’ve created with that courtyard. It’s really lovely' Melissa Dowler, Director, Bell Phillips Architects
‘I’m very impressed by the detailing of the junction of the roof and the walls. It’s worked very nicely’ Peter Murray, Curator-in-chief, NLA
'It has a sense of permanence; it will be fabulous for the foreseeable’ – Karen Stylianides, Editor, Grand Designs Magazine
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