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design
Vision in stone
and glass
A FAMILY HOME dubbed ‘the giant modernist sugar cube’ by
Grand Designs’ presenter, Kevin McCloud, has at its heart a free-
standing living room wall that is clad entirely in Burlington’s
Broughton Moor natural stone.
Providing warmth and individuality to the double height living
space which, like the whole house itself, is almost entirely white,
the wall of mid-green stone was the idea of owner, commercial
architect Martin Pease.
Bringing emphasis to the staircase that uses sheets of
toughened glass that sweep up the stairs and run the length of the
gallery, the stone clad wall with lighter seams is finished in stone
that has been laid in horizontal bands that are consistent in width
but random in length.
For continuity, the same material also features to the rear wall of
the master bedroom, which has been integrated into the design to
sit on a mezzanine above that is open to the huge downstairs
living space.
Created out of a steel and timber frame superstructure, the front
of the house features a stark white wall perforated with deep cut
windows which jetty out to create extra upstairs space. The stone
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clad wall, however, is visible through a huge wall of glass at the
rear that serves to connect the interior with the garden.
The four bedrooms, all en-suite, connect to the outside world via
glass walls that at a flick of a switch turn opaque.
Load bearing
‘whole room’ pod
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WITH BUDGET HOTELS apparently one of the few markets to
benefit from the current economic downturn, a new pod solution
has been developed by Elements Europe for the hotel and student
accommodation sectors.
The stackable light steel framed, load-bearing room module,
Roompod, can be delivered to site fully-fitted with bedroom and
en-suite facilities, electricity, carpets and all fixtures and fittings.
Simply craned into place without the need for adjoining walls,
floors and ceilings, the product allows the building of a six-storey
hotel, theoretically in just five days.
Darren Richards, chief operating officer for Elements Europe,
told bfl: “To all intents and purposes it is a traditionally constructed
hotel room, with all the quality fixtures and fittings that you would
expect as standard, but with the unique advantage that it can be
dropped into position in just 20 minutes.
“With holiday makers and companies tightening their spending
belts the need for budget hotels grows, and with it the requirement
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editorialcontacts
Elements Europe
www.elements-europe.com
Burlington
www.burlingtonslate.co.uk
Kährs
www.kahrs.com
Muraspec
www.muraspec.com
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