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NEWS HERITAGE
Heritage retrofi t specialist practice reveals series of new commissions
Award-winning architecture practice SPASE has announced a series of high profi le project wins, following the completion of several “milestone” heritage restorations in Dorset. Led by Stefan Pitman, the studio’s founder and an advisor to Historic Royal Palaces, SPASE is bringing some of the UK’s most prestigious homes and country estates into the 21st century. One of SPASE’s most celebrated projects was the decarbonisation of 500-year- old Athelhampton Manor, resulting in the elimination of approximately 100 tonnes of CO2
per year. Heralded as the
fi rst of its kind in the UK, the project has received many accolades since its completion, including the shortlist of this year’s AJ Retrofi t Awards and the RICS Environmental Impact Award. This year, SPASE has been appointed on six signifi cant Grade I and II* listed properties; including the 400-year-old Newhouse Estate in Wiltshire, where SPASE is overseeing the sympathetic refurbishment of the 300-acre estate. The brief includes the Jacobean Trinity house, the addition of outbuildings and Net Zero measures. In Oxfordshire, SPASE has picked up a carbon-reduction brief for Waterperry House & Gardens,
The Sherborne – Photo by Brett Charles
working with and integrating the building’s protected features alongside a suite of new eco-solutions. Stefan Pitman, founder of SPASE, commented; “Work in the heritage sector has really taken off. There has been a decisive shift, from the period before Covid when we were often likely to get tenders
The Sherborne – Photo by Brett Charles Athelhampton Manor Barnston Manor – Photo by Brett Charles
back with the renewables or insulation stripped back from our original design. Renewables were the fi rst thing to be removed from a brief when budgets were tight. Today, with global political instability and higher energy costs, clients are drawn in by the long-term economics and can act decisively to reduce future energy costs and dependency on fossil fuels. Conducting a retrofi t upgrade on historic buildings can be an incredibly complex process and is not for the faint-hearted, but with an increasing selection of technology and the appropriate insulation availability, it’s not a question of if it can be done, but how.” SPASE has also announced the appointment of chartered architect Sarah Small to support its net zero capabilities. With over 20 years of experience in sustainable, low energy design, Sarah brings a “wealth of technical experience on large-scale developments in the education and residential sectors,” said the practice. A certifi ed Passivhaus designer, Sarah achieved certifi cation her own self-built family home, and supports the national network for low carbon homes and Dorset Greener Homes by hosting open days to showcase self- building and low energy design.
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