45TH ANNUAL WOOD AWARDS PRIVATE:
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ANSTY PLUM
Location: Wiltshire Architect: Coppin Dockray Structural Engineer: Tall Engineering Main Contractor/Builder: J & C Symonds Ltd Joinery Company: Westside Design Wood Supplier: Meyer Timber, SMS Veneering Services, Oscar Windebanks Wood Species: Douglas Fir, Birch
Located on a steep wooded hillside within the historic village of Ansty, the retrofit and extension to a 1960s house - designed by architect David Levitt, founder member of Levitt Bernsteins – involved the strip- ping of 50 years of sequential changes to re-instate the architectural qualities of its Douglas Fir construction and improve thermal performance.
Its derelict wood-lined studio designed by Peter and Alison Smithson has also been brought back to life with Douglas Fir says Sandra Coppin, Coppin Dockray: “We chose Douglas Fir for the studio building. It has a fantastic warm, pink colour and a beautiful grain. The cold and cave-like space of the Smithson studio, with its grey stone walls and north facing window, means the temperatures inside are cool all year round.” She added: “We wanted a material that was durable and natural, one that would bring a sense of warmth to this small space. The orangery-pink tone of Douglas Fir provides a keen contrast with the dense green of the mossy bank of ferns into which the building is hedged.”
OTHER SHORTLISTED PROJECTS
Contour House, Peak District Architect: Sanei Hopkins Architects Wood species: American White Oak, European Oak
Woodpeckers, New Forest Architect: Strom Architects Wood species: European Larch, Siberian Larch, Softwood
ADF OCTOBER 2016
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