Shingle House is one of six specially commissioned dwellings for Living Architecture, a social enterprise launched by writer Alain de Botton which offers holiday homes for rent in some of the most beautiful landscapes of the UK.
LocationKent
ArchitectNord Architecture
ClientPrivate Client
Project TypeResidential
CollectionsHardwood
Structural EngineerJane Wernick Associates
Main ContractorEco-librium Solutions
Joinery ContractorEco-librium Solutions
Wood SupplierJohn Brash, Walker's of Stokesley, John Boddy
Timber SpeciesWestern Red Cedar, Oak, Purpleheart
Timber ElementsStructure, Cladding, Roofing, Internal wall, Lining, Floor finish
Shingle House is one of six specially commissioned dwellings for Living Architecture, a social enterprise launched by writer Alain de Botton which offers holiday homes for rent in some of the most beautiful landscapes of the UK.
The homes have been designed by a number of eminent architects. Shingle House, designed by the award-winning Glasgow-based practice Nord Architecture, is set in the bleak and mysterious landscape of Dungeness, Kent.
Dungeness beach, all 1,600 hectares of it, is the largest shingle beach in Europe. The shingle, said to be three miles deep, has created a unique ecology of grasses and shingle plants and is of international conservation importance. Its architectural character is also unique; in the harsh, desert-like landscape lurks the looming mass of Dungeness B nuclear power station, together with some scattered fisherman’s huts and weekend cottages, traditionally clad with black-tarred timber.
Related Wood Species
More case studies
Niall McLaughlin Architects has designed a new cafe at the end of the pier, commissioned in an RIBA competition. It is a simple timberframed glazed pavilion which gives all-round views to the sea; the timber structure is a repetitive form which resembles the skeleton of a beached whale or the ribs of a ship.
McGarry-Moon Architects has designed a new studio for the award-winning practice, set in the lower garden of Jessica McGarry and Steven Moon’s own home, Fallahogey House, which they designed and completed in 2005 in the rolling countryside of Kilrea, Northern Ireland.