Studio Bio Case Study: North Yorkshire Radical Retrofit

Illingworths Barn is an extensive renovation of a 18th century Yorkshire stone barn. Natural materials have been prioritised throughout the design of this project. The pine king-post roof trusses have been left exposed in the existing building, and a new Douglas fir in-the-round column and glulam beam structure is used in the new glazed extension.

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Retrofit hempcrete to a listed building

This blog is taken from a talk given by our very own Will at the Grand Designs live in London 2012. Description Timber (elm) framed barn on a green sandstone rubble to the ground floor.  About 50 years ago the wattle and daub had been replaced in the in-fill panels with cement render on a […]

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