With more and more homeowners wanting to grow their own vegetables and tend their own gardens, it may lead you to wonder whether installing a greenhouse on your property would hurt or help your property value. Before you build, here's what you need to know about having a greenhouse at your home.

A greenhouse is an enclosed glass structure primarily used for gardening that can either be free-standing or attached to a home. Greenhouses extend the growing season and allow gardeners to grow plants that would otherwise not grow well in their climate as well as increase the production of any outdoor gardens.

But there are secondary uses as well, especially if the greenhouse is attached to your home. It can expand your functional living space, with many homeowners choosing to use it as a living or dining room. It can also passively heat your home during the day during the winter and can create a more humid environment that can be beneficial in arid climates or for those who suffer from respiratory issues.

One potential negative to having a greenhouse on your property is the upkeep required to keep the structure from falling into disrepair. Just like with a pool or roof in need of maintenance, some buyers may not be interested in fixing this big-ticket item themselves or may offer a significant amount below your asking price to compensate for the added expense.

Greenhouses can also require a lot of energy to keep warm in the winter, which is an added cost some homebuyers may not find worthwhile. Additionally, in contrast to the welcomed warmth in the winter months, if a greenhouse is not well built with proper ventilation, it can also provide unwanted heat in your home during the summer months.

A number of studies have determined that well-designed landscaping can increase the value of a home. One study in particular conducted by Virginia Cooperative Extension stated that home values were found to increase between 6% and 11% with a sophisticated landscape design. However, little data has been gathered to identify whether a greenhouse specifically adds value to a home. For this reason, it's unclear whether a greenhouse would add monetary value to your home when it comes time to sell, but it can still add value to your home while you live there.

Adding a well-designed greenhouse to your property could possibly increase the value of your home, but it could also narrow the interested pool of buyers, as some may not want the added maintenance and expense. Some buyers, however, may see value in having a well-built, well-maintained greenhouse, and this could be seen as a unique selling feature, especially if the potential buyer also enjoys gardening or sees the attached greenhouse as a bright and cheery sunroom.

There's no guarantee that a greenhouse will add value to your home when it comes time to sell, but if it enhances your enjoyment or use of the home while you live there, it may be a worthwhile investment.

Before building, carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages that come with having a greenhouse on your property. If you decide to move forward, consult an architect, landscape architect, or contractor to help you design and build a functional, attractive greenhouse for you and any future property owners.

You can build your own greenhouse to save on cost; just make sure it is well thought out and well-built and that all of the proper permits were pulled for the construction, if needed for your county or structure. This way you can reduce the chance of the greenhouse being viewed as a burden rather than a selling feature to later buyers.

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Landscape architect Ernest W. Bowditch, who was born on this date in 1850, has been overshadowed in his field by Frederick Law Olmsted and sons. But he was a key figure in establishing the profession in the 19th century and had a major impact on the design of estates, such as The Breakers and Chateau-sur-Mer.

In fact, he designed the landscape for The Breakers' predecessor on the same site, then owned by Peter Lorillard IV, as well as the grounds of adjacent estates Vinland and Wakehurst. As Jim Donahue, our Curator of Historic Landscapes and Horticulture, puts it: In laying out all three, he created a unified landscape along Ochre Points seaside. Combining private estates was an innovative approach that was scarcely repeated anywhere and not at all in Newport.

Today, the Preservation Society continues the major effort to rehabilitate Bowditchs landscape plan for the existing Breakers, including the Serpentine Path that was a key element of his vision.

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Along with physical classes, a majority of the countrys top architecture and design schools also outright canceled or postponed what remained of their planned spring semester event programming due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A handful of schools, however, have opted to keep lectures, symposiums, and the like on their respective event calendars and will proceed with hosting them but in an online format. Below youll find a select handful of intriguing and enlightening lectures to close out the academic year with.

Most will be held on Zoom and, unless otherwise noted on their individual event pages, all are free and open to the public. Most require pre-registration.

For an even wider range of virtual goings-on in the architecture and design world, check out ANs Event pages.

The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, the City College of New York: Upcoming events held as part of the SCIAME Zoom Lecture Series include: The Rolex Conversations, a filmed discussion between David Adjaye, Niger-born architect Mariam Kamara, and the schools dean, Lesley Lokko (April 20), and a talk with Denise Hoffman Brandt, director of the Graduate Landscape Architecture Program at the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture (April 23).

The Cooper Union:On April 28, The Cooper Union, via Zoom, will present New Investigations in Collective Form, a remote lecture by architect and urban designer Neeraj Bhatia.

Harvard Graduate School of Design: On the near horizon for Harvard GSDs Zoom-based virtual public lecture series: A talk with Jenny and Anda French of Boston-based architecture studio French 2D entitled Together Again (April 17); a live screening of Heinz Emigholzs Goff in the Desert (April 18);an Earth Day-tied discussion with Moreno Mateos, assistant professor of Landscape Architecture, on the long-term recovery of ecosystems degraded by human development (April 21); and Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization,a lecture by David Joselit, professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard (April 23).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology:On April 30, MIT Architecture will host Informal to Formal, a conversation with Chris Leong of New York-based practice Leong Leong, as part of its now-virtual Spring Lecture Series.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design:Rounding out AUDs 2019-2020 public event series are virtual lectures from Ignacio G. Galan, principal of [igg office for architecture] (April 29), architectural historian David Gissen (May 13), and Tei Carpenter, Founder of AgencyAgency (May 20).

The University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design: On April 22, UPenns McHarg Center will host an online group conversation with the authors of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal.

University of Virginia School of Architecture:On April 20, the UVA School of Architecture will hold, via Zoom, its annual Thomas Jefferson Medalists in Architecture Public Talk with this years recipients, Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi of New York-based multidisciplinary design practice Weiss/Manfredi.

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Excerpt from the book Memory Houses, House of Memories (Lighthouse) (all images courtesy Robert Hutchison)

The memory or mind palace (AKA method of loci) is an old technique of memorization, developed in ancient Greece and Rome, to help cement knowledge in the mind by way of visualizing it in a palace. In Memory Houses (Casas de la Memoria) a conceptual architecture project that has evolved into a physical exhibition of sketches and models, as well as a detailed book cataloguing architecture both real and imagined Seattle-based architect Robert Hutchison adaptsthe notion of the memory palace in a work that serves as a peri- and post-mortem conversation with his father, who suffered from advancing dementia leading up to his death in 2016.

With the support of his studio, generally tasked with the more concrete application of architecting spaces to be built in physical spaces, the Memory Housesproject resuscitates Hutchisons first commission a multi-building winery design on a property owned by his parents some 25 years prior, that was abandoned before implementation. This work culminated in an exhibition and book project that showcases the energetic force of architecture in the examination of the mental landscape.

Perhaps because it was never realized, the purity of its design remained intact, wrote Hutchison, in the introduction. What unfolds throughout the book are updates and expansions on the original designs, unfettered by the need for practical implementation, and therefore open to create spaces that hold the echo of decades-old dreams. Likewise, Hutchison builds out spaces for the future, with the addition of a chapel and columbarium dedicated to the architects father, and a new house for his now-widowed mother a process that Pia Sarpaneva titles Remembering Forward in her essay for the book.

In addition to the eight imagined buildings on the site plan House for a Train Engineer, House for Locomotives, Telescope House & Milkhouse, House for Winemaking, House for Remains, House for Bells, House for a Widow, and House of Memories the book intersperses designs and documentation of the firms brick-and-mortar creations. The further one pages through it, the finer the lines become between real and imagined spaces an apt kind of conflation for the process of memory in the aging or distant mind.

Memory Houses,in its myriad forms, is an excellent and subtle paean to the power of design, which beyond being useful in the creation of physical spaces to house and shape our daily life, offers tools for the conceptual construction of spaces to hold grief, fix memory, or build the possibilities of new mental architecture. At a time when many of us are a little more housebound than usual, it is inspiring to think of ways to create new structures for remembering our way into a brighter future.

Robert Hutchison Architecture: Memory Houses (Arquine, 2019), with contributions from Taiji Miyasaka, Vctor Alcrreca, and Pia Sarpaneva , is available on Bookshop.

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'Tis the season for gardening. And with social distancing and quarantines to adhere to, there's no better time to take your garden to the next level than right now. "Spring is the natural time to work in the garden," says Ed Hollander, founder and president of Hollander Design Landscape Architects. "It is the time when trees and shrubs break their dormancy along with perennial flowers, grasses, and herbs, which re-emerge from the earth as the sun warms the soil."

This year, getting active in the garden goes beyond aesthetics, says Hollanderit will "also work to rebuild the spirit. Our fight with coronavirus has been so draining that getting outside, working in the earth, and feeling the joy that comes with growing things is that much more important." Looking for ways to be creative with your garden this spring? We asked a few of our favorite landscape architects for some inspiration.

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Nothing livens up a garden like a bunch of beautiful, blossoming flowers, which is why landscape architect Janice Parker says you should start planting flowering bulbs in March and April. "In the spring, plant flowering bulbs in groupings so they arrive by summer," she says. "My favorite summer bulbs are Abyssinian gladiolus (Acidanthera) and calla lilies because they're a great way to play with color and form in your flower bed."

If you're searching for a fun way to save money this summer, Amber Freda, a landscape and garden design expert, suggests planting vegetable seeds. "I think people are going to be more into growing their own food this year than ever before, so I recommend planting vegetables from seed this spring, as well as strawberries and blueberries," she says. "I like to start all my seedlings in biodegradable peat pots indoors to protect them from cold snaps and critters. Once they've sprouted, I move them to a small plastic greenhouse outdoors until they look big and strong enough to be transplanted into the garden or containers."

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Haven't yet attempted to grow sedges? Now's the time to start. A grass-like plant that grows fast and freely, Parker says they're perfect for filling an empty patch in your outdoor garden. "Sedges are great ground covers. Unlike lawns, they don't require mowing," she says. "Choose a semi-shady spot in your gardenabout three-feet-by-three-feetand fill it with Carex Pennsylvanica to enjoy for the season."

A little string light action goes a long way in a garden, especially if you like spending time outdoors at night, too. "One thing that people frequently overlook is how beautiful a garden can feel in the evening," Hollander says. "Stringing caf lights from trees and other forms of landscape lighting can make the garden as wonderful to enjoy at night as it is during the day."

There's no better time than spring to start cultivating your container plants, and Parker says the vessels you use are rife with design opportunity. "Plant containers should echo the style of the house and the garden that it embellishes," she says. "That's why the style and material of the container is just as important as the plant itself."

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As the novel coronavirus continues to derail restaurants plans for 2020, owners and operators may be beginning to contemplate what is in store for their future. Inevitably, some will fail. Others, however, will be ready to expand into new spaceand with some concepts closing their doors, there will be an increase in vacated real estate open for takeover.

While it is possible to take over an existing restaurant space quickly, effectively and affordably, you have to be careful. Those unfamiliar with this type of development often think theyre getting a great deal because so many required elements of a typical restaurant build-out are existing. Landlords and brokers will emphasize these aspects, highlighting the opportunity to save. However, these existing conditions rarely work out the way theyre promoted and can end up costing more in the long-run.

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Restaurateurs have the potential to keep these costs down, but in order to do so, its important to understand why the costs might not be as low as expected or promoted. There are two key things that influence the costs of developing or taking over an existing restaurant:

Differentiationa fine line

The former restaurant youre taking over most likely failed. There is a very thin line that separates the amount of changes required to convincecustomers that there is a totally new concept and operation in the existing failed space. Finding that line is difficultfalling short can mean continued failure. Blowing past it can mean overspending, making it nearly impossible to make a reasonable return on investment. It is critical to definethe minimum amount of changes and investment required toexorcise the demons from the failed restaurant and make it clear that a unique, new concept has settled in.

Assumptions

There are many variables associated withredeveloping an existing restaurant.People will often initially assume that much of the equipment, building utilitiesand existing build-out can be reused because there wasapreviously operating restaurant in the space. Unfortunately, regardless of what landlords or brokers may tell you, there aretoomanyunknown factorsrelated to reusing existing items:updated building codes, changes in use, condition and useful lifespan of the existing items, etc. Many people may tell you that all of the existing conditions are grandfathered because there was an existing restaurant in use prior to you taking possession of the property. Unfortunately, the threshold for reusing existing elements that may not meet current requirements is very low.Every jurisdiction sets their own requirements for allowing non-conforming, existing conditions and these requirements are getting more andmorestrict.

Keeping in mind why the costs might be potentially higher than you originally expect, there are three simple things any restaurant owner can do to understand the true costs associated with redeveloping an existing restaurant site and how to control these costs:

Do your homework: As soon as you identify a potential existing restaurant location that you think might work for your concept and execute a Letter of Intent to acquire it, we highly recommend you work with professionals that can help you with thorough due diligence.This may be speaking with your Architect to identify and understand any potential existing areas that are non-compliant with current building, zoning and health codes. It could also be working with your contractors to examine the building systems (especially the HVAC and kitchen exhaust systems) to make sure theyre in good working order with reasonable life left. Do the same with your kitchen equipment vendor on the refrigeration, electrical and mechanical components of the existing foodservice equipment.Dont make assumptions. Verify as much as possible so that you can clearly ascertain the true costs.

Locate the Documents: There are two different sets of documents that contain critical information and will help with the due diligence above.One set is the Base Building Construction Drawings and the other is the latest Tenant Upfit Construction Drawings. These should include Civil, Landscape, Architectural, Structural, Food Service, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical and Fire Protection drawings. Several details could be evident in these drawings that wont be readily visible in even the most thorough site investigation, like the size of a grease interceptor, under-slab plumbing, exhaust duct sizes, etc.The accuracy of this information caneasilyswing a project budgetalmost $100,000 in one direction or another.

In many cases, the only place to find this information is in a detailed set of Construction Drawings. These documents are often available through the landlord or property seller.If not, you can also usually access them for a small fee from the local building department.Thereally goodreal estate brokers will make it their responsibility to find and copy these documents for the project teams use.

Verify the fit:We strongly recommend preparing a test fit, or a preliminary layout, as early as possible to determine which aspects of your ideal layout, including cookline, prep kitchen, bar, seating, etc., will fit in this specific location. For example, even though a kitchen exhaust hood may be existing, it might not accommodate your standard equipment line-up. This could either lead to an atypical operation or require significant changes.Either option may be the difference between success or failure.

We also often see an assumed number of seats and / or tables able to fit in a given space based on its square footage, or what was existing.Manytimes,we find that once a test fit is performed and the actual kitchen is laid out in a non-standard shapedspace, either more extensive modifications are necessary to get the required seating capacity or the seating capacity becomes secondary to saving money.In either case, the ability to meet the desired ROI is compromised.

These are three simple and very low-cost things you can do to better ascertain the true costs associated with taking over an existing restaurant.Once the true costs are determined,its much easier to either negotiate up-front to address these costs or look at other design alternatives to mitigate these costs.

With decades of experience in the industry, Steve Starr has become a nationally-recognized leader in restaurant and retail design. While his insight and expertise spans the hospitality industry, his focus is on branding, consumer behavior and the development process. Steve leads a creative, multi-disciplinary team of architects, interior designers, graphics designers and branding professionals at Starr Design in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they concentrate on connecting people with brands through creative environments and responsible processes.

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First and only quarantine shelter in Boston-area to convert a shuttered hospital for homeless patient occupancy

BOSTON, April 15, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Boston Studio (SLAM) and Gilbane Building Company (Gilbane), in partnership with the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM), Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, the Department of Public Health, led the technical planning, design and construction of a temporary quarantine shelter in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility has a maximum capacity of up to 304 non-acute beds for Boston-area homeless at the former Newton Pavilion previously managed by Boston Medical Center at 88 E. Newton Street in Boston, MA.

The Newton Pavilion has been a shuttered hospital facility since October 29, 2018. SLAM and Gilbane were contracted by the current building owner, DCAMM, to assist them in assessing the building and devising an occupancy plan to convert the space for homeless patients who are not in need of acute hospitalization, yet test positive for the coronavirus, but are a-symptomatic or showing mild symptoms with orders to quarantine at home.

The coordination and focused effort to ready the Newton Pavilion for occupancy on April 9, 2020, required full-day meetings over a 28-day period held between DCAMM, BMC, Gilbane, and the SLAM design team, led by Senior Associate Loren Belida, AIA and Gilbane's Senior Project Executive Jim Dabrowski. Following the Army Corps of Engineers review and swift approval of the occupancy plan demonstrating SLAM's technical expertise and in-depth work in healthcare programming and planning, Gilbane was able to rapidly mobilize on-site and deliver the facility ahead of schedule.

"DCAMM was ahead of the curve when asked what it would take to temporarily re-open the "mothballed" facility" said Carol Gladstone, DCAMM Commissioner, "The project team quickly developed a very comprehensive and integrated execution plan that involved splitting construction scope between our internal team and Gilbane. I had extremely high confidence that we could rise to the challenge and deliver in a short timeframe."

BMC will manage operations for the temporary facility and patient care will be administered by their clinical staff. The total re-occupied project area makes up approximately 166,500-square feet, spanning eight floors and the overall project scope includes the reactivation/upgrade to building systems including life safety, HVAC, fire protection, plumbing, fire protection, medical gasses, electrical and architectural upgrades.

"Gilbane is grateful for the opportunity to work on this critical project delivered by this incredibly dedicated team. Our team and subcontractor partners worked three shifts, working literally 24 hours a day to deliver this much-needed facility ahead of schedule. We're honored to be of service to the Commonwealth and its citizens at this time of great need", said Mike O'Brien, vice president, Massachusetts business unit leader.

SLAM and Gilbane have partnered on more than 40 projects throughout New England and across the country.

"The project team understood from day one that reinvigorating the space and systems of a "mothballed" hospital would require expertise, proactivity, coordination, and flexibility," says Gabriel Comstock, AIA, lead healthcare planner and design architect, SLAM Boston Studio. "From the Commonwealth to the subcontractors, I've never seen a purer example of unyielding technical collaboration and speed to serve the most vulnerable populations at a more critical time in our community."

About SLAM The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) is a national, multi-disciplinary design firm offering architecture, planning, interior design, landscape architecture, site planning, structural engineering, and pre-construction, with S/L/A/M Construction Services offered throughout the New England region. Our market focus is on higher education, K-12 public/private education, healthcare, corporate, justice, sports and recreation sectors. In 2020, SLAM launched a new brand that underscores our infinite drive to unlock and solve complex design problems, rendering creativity in design to enrich lives. SLAM has offices in Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA, Denver, CO, Glastonbury, CT, Iowa City, IA, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, Orlando FL and Philadelphia, PA. For more information on SLAM please visit http://www.slamcoll.com

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About Gilbane Building Company Gilbane has served as a leading construction manager in Massachusetts since 1946, serving private and public clients throughout the Commonwealth, including the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, South Shore Hospital, Boston Public Schools, UMass Boston, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Google, Northeastern University, PTC and The Boston Red Sox. For more information, visit Gilbane's website at http://www.gilbaneco.com/boston

About DCAMM The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), an agency within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (A&F,) is responsible for capital planning, major public building construction, facilities management, and real estate services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The agency was created by the legislature in 1980 to promote quality and integrity in the management and construction of the Commonwealth's capital facilities and real estate assets.

DCAMM oversees the Commonwealth's capital assets, totaling over 75 million square feet. The agency manages over $2 billion in capital projects, working with state agencies on the full cycle of their strategic facility needs. DCAMM directly manages 5.5 million square feet of state buildings, and for those buildings not managed by DCAMM, we assist our client agencies using comprehensive and cost-effective maintenance and management strategies and standards. DCAMM is also responsible for all state real estate activities, including acquisition of property, disposition of surplus property and the leasing of space on behalf of state agencies, for offices and other facilities.

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The World Photography Organisation announced category winners and more than 100 shortlisted photographers of theSony World Photography Awards 2020, one of the worlds leading photography competitions. Made of ten different categories architecture, creative, culture, landscape, motion, natural world & wildlife, portraiture, still life, street photography, travel this years edition was judged by Gisela Kayser, managing and artistic director at Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus.

Rosaria Sabrina Pantano is the architecture category winner: Emotional Geography is a black and white picture representing a pyramid by Italian artist Mauro Staccioli, 38 Parallelo, at the Fiumara dArte open museum in Sicily. The sculpture made of corten is in fact placed at the exact point where geographical coordinates meet the 38th parallel.

Among the shortlisted photographers of the category, Wen Lu presented Line, in which crowded village houses are perfectly separated by a forest reserve in China. Moreover, the work of Paul Crudgington, Preston Bus Station, represents a building in the North West of England taken from its top floor. Winning and shortlisted images will be celebrated online, while the exhibition has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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A peanut butter factory and a public toilet are among the 15projects shortlisted forthe 2020 Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards.

Theprojects were selected from entries in the awards programme of the Nelson/Marlborough Branch of TeKhuiWhaihangaNew Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA).

The shortlist, which features the input of 12 design companies, was compiled by a jury led by Nelson architect Andrew Irving and includedfellow Nelson architect Ian Bowman, Hamilton architect Brian White, and Olivia Hall, Head of theMoriDepartment at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

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This Elliott Architects-designed home in Ruby Bay is one of the 15 shortlisted finalists at this year's Nelson Marlborough architecture awards.

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"It's very heartening to see what a difference good architecture is making in the communities of our region," Irving said.

Irving said the shortlist includedoutstanding examples of some of the wide range of buildings that architects designed.

The projects showcased this year rangefrom NelsonAirport's new terminal, a new classroom block at Nelson'sSt Joseph's School,The Quaysurban park in Blenheim anda number of homes and baches.

Six entries are in the running forthe housing prize - they includebaches in Kaiteriteri and Marahau, houses in Ruby Bay and Nelson, andvineyard and residentialhouse designs from Marlborough.

Nelson's Jerram Tocker Barron makeup just over aquarterof the nominees and their work includesthe Saltwater Creek bridge which also won the Exterior Structure Design prize at the recent NZ Wood Timber Design Awards.

The company also received a second nomination in the public architecture category for its work on Stoke's Greenmeadows Centre.A third nomination acknowledgesJTB's work onPic's Peanut Butter factory in Stoke, while the Queens Gardens public toilet block has earned them a fourth spot on the shortlist.

The Covid-19lockdownhas meant that site visits to shortlisted projects by juries around the country areon hold.

The way the award-winners will be judged will be determined by the measures in place to deal with Coronavirus.

At a glance: 2020 Nelson Marlborough Architecture Awards shortlist by category

Commercial Architecture

Nelson Airport Terminal,Nelson(Studio of Pacific Architecture)

Pic's Peanut Butter Factory, Stoke (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

Education

St Joseph's School, Nelson New Classroom Block (Create Architects)

Hospitality

Air New Zealand Nelson Airport Lounge, Nelson (Eclipse Architecture andGenslerin association)

Housing

Axe house, Marlborough (architecture+)

Corner House, Nelson (Hamish Shaw Architects and Landscape Design in association with Luke Porter of Canopy Landscape Architects)

Kaiteriteri Family Bach, Kaiteriteri (redboxarchitects 2017)

Picot Bach, Kaiteriteri (Mitchell Stout Dodd Architects)

Ruby Bay House, Nelson (Elliott Architects - NP)

Vineyard House, Blenheim (Arthouse Architects)

Housing Multi-unit

Betts Apartments, Nelson(Arthouse Architects)

Public Architecture

Saltwater Creek Bridge, Nelson (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

Stoke Community and Sports Centre, Stoke (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

The Quays, Blenheim (Studio of Pacific Architecture)

Small Project Architecture

Queens Gardens Toilet Block, Nelson (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

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london-based practice, featherstone young, has designed a house to blend into its idyllic countryside location in rural england. built for a pair of retired doctors, the new residence is situated at the edge of a village in rutland. developed as two wings, the scheme provides a sizeable accommodation that is also sympathetic to its surroundings.

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built over 3735 ft2 (347 m2), the house is arranged by featherstone young into two wings that effectively divide the functions of the program. upon entering through a central courtyard space, residents arrive into the open plan kitchen and dining area, which connects to the main living room and a smaller TV room. within these spaces, timber dominates the interior to create a warm atmosphere. furthermore, the timber cladding follows the folded profile of the roof, which gently rises and spirals until it reaches the double height living space and glazed south-facing elevation.

accommodationfor visiting guests is housed in the smaller wing. the design of these two volumes not only creates a subtle divide between the main house and guest bedrooms, but also contributes to establishing energy efficiency as only the main wing is heated for day-to-day living and the second guest wing is opened up when family and friends come to stay.

to blend into the landscape, the volumes are designed by featherstone young with sweeping green roofs that appear almost to grow from the site. the project also utilizes local materials to root the building into its context, such as the large dry stonewall that uses local clipsham stone.

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project name: stonecrop

type: residential

location: rutland, england, the UK

architect: featherstone young

client: private

built area: 3735 ft2 (347 m2)

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