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Lane End House, South Downs, Sussex development, Southern English Timber Clad Home, UK Architecture Photos
Lane End House in South Downs
17 Jun 2022
Architecture: PAD Studio
Location: South Downs, Sussex, Southern England, UK
Photos by Richard Chivers
Lane End House, Southern England
Lane End house sits within a rural idyll, located at the end of a private track in the heart of South Downs. The site is elevated and surrounded by mature woodland which offers stunning views over tranquil parkland beyond. The building was a replacement for a late 1930?s dwelling on the site which was poorly constructed, inefficient both in terms of space and energy with a cellular layout, making it difficult to engage with the beautiful location and modern living.
The project?s aim was to create a new contemporary, energy-efficient and compact building, designed to sit sensitively in massing and incorporating natural materials to harmonise the building with the site and minimise its impact on the surroundings.
What are the sustainability features"
The building?s plan was arranged to make the most of the site whilst maximising passive sustainability measures such as solar gain. The highly insulated timber frame structure minimises the environmental impact reducing the embodied carbon of construction materials and the building?s long-term running costs and associated CO2 emissions. Built to passive house standards with a U value of * and air tightness level of *, the ground floor concre...
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Fuente de la noticia: e-architect
Fecha de publicación: 17-06-2022 21:46
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