Radio Times Listing Grand Designs Feb 18th 2009

Kentwarrants a verybig"but"followed bya"thatsounds likeanactof lunacy". Architect Richard Hawkes has designed a passive house(that's a completely airtightone,apparenfly) forhimself andhiswifeSophie thatis"zero-carbon". lt'sbasically a coupleoftimber-framed boxes precariously nestling under a huge,unsupported archconstructed f rom26,000hand-made claytiles. Thewholethingistoppedby goodness knowshowmanytonsof soil sothatwhenitbgrassed overit will blendintothehill.Whichiswherethe lunacyreference comesin,because McCloud can'tunderstand howthis structure isgoingto stayupright(and he'srightto haveconcerns because halfwaythroughtheproject, partof theroofdramatically cavesin). Intheoriginal drawings, thehouse looksasthoughit'sgoingto bea cross between anAnderson shelterandone ofthosetrendychicken Eglus, but asbuilding worknears anend,the vaulted ceiling oftheinteriorreveals itselfto bebreathtakingly GaudFesque. JaneRackham EIF IL MOF T H EW E EK

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