Build your own home: could you design a house as good as this? From up-to-the minute eco-houses to classical conversions, the Homebuilding and Renovating Awards continue to showcase the best of British design. Everyone knows it can be hard work designing a house for one person. However, in the case of the Stoke Newington development that won the Best Custom Build category in this year’s Homebuilding and Renovating Awards, there were six sets of clients that had to agree. “They all bought the site collectively, and we dealt with the whole group,” says project director Ken Rorrison, of architects Henley Halebrown Rorrison. “Decisions were made not by a vote, but by consensus. There are six houses all together, and they all sit on their own patch of land, but the grounds are communal. “In addition, there is a communal laundry, a communal workshop, and a communal hall that can be used for all sorts of events, such as yoga classes and birthday parties. See more at: telegraph.co.uk/property/homebuildingandrenovatingawards/11271155/Build-your-own-home-could-you-design-a-house-as-good-as-this.html
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:30:01 +0000
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