| Client Architect Image Credits |
Private KnoxBhaven Charles Hosea |
Awards | RIBA Award LABC Building Excellence Award - Best one-off house LABC Building Excellence Commendation - Best Technical Innovation Allerdale Borough Council Built in Quality Award |
Rigg Beck is a new build, five-bedroom family dwelling within the Lake District National Park. The house has been designed to make the most of the open views of the fells, running perpendicular to the contours of the site. The principle materials are all sourced locally with Burlington slate cladding the dry-stone walling on the lower floors and Westmorland slate for the upper floor and roof.
We provided all mechanical and electrical services for the project. The house features a number of sustainable features including solar water heating, geothermal heat pumps, bore hole water supply and a dedicated septic tank. The undulating form of the north wall is clad in larch tongue & groove cladding with green roofs planted with ferns suitable for the north-facing aspect. Glass fins with inlaid mirror strips project at right angles from the house acting as brise soleil for low sunlight from the east and west and provide protection from the window, as well as casting dramatic and aesthetically pleasing shadows.
