Old Priory, Wellingborough
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I live in Kettering! I know this place!
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Sepo
Love the look of the new building - one question (off topic -apologies) I always wonder though is how architects like you see the building in the future. The cedar cladding of buildings has become very popular over here in the UK/Ireland in the last 5 years or so but I sometimes think that the designers forget that the colour changes dramatically in ths product over time from an orangey hue to that of silver which gives the building a completely different dynamic and look. Maybe the visuals should show the two stages of the cedar cladding?
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Here in Texas we also have had a revival of wood finished exteriors, however I've noticed a lot of Vinyl and polyurethane faux wood finishes that claim never to fade/age and the strong selling point is the light weight of the product lending itself to be used as a fascia addition to an existing structure.
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Hi pete.
I've also noticed what happened to this poor tree on the right. -
Puck
Hi there. I live in Northampton.
, just around the corner.dermotcoll
Thanks. It is pretty valid comment regarding nature of cedar. I always leave cedar to go silvery grey in due course. I kind of like that “morphosys”. I want it to look earthier in some years.
I think you are correct … I should have rendered image with distressed look as well.Solo
I never use fake wood and for that matter any fake materials in any of my projects.modelhead
Thanks modelhead. I am aware of water based solution treatments for cedar. I also know that cedar has its own oils which are sufficient protection against elements. As I said before I prefer to leave it to age.Incidentally, the cedar texture on the Wellingborough project has been taken from the small project in Earls Barton. I designed the extension and partially remodeled the existing house for my doctors ( you should always be nice to your doctors
) and it was built couple of years ago. Puck you might know the village.
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Sepo
That extension is pure class - love the sliding glass wall - I did a kitchen last year in a house which had that feature - makes all the difference to the overall design of the space - brings the outside in completely.
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Thanks dermotcoll. Clients love it and I still like it. Here is an image from the internal courtyard looking through horizontal window you can see at front.
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Beautiful extension Sid and very much to my taste. I'm a big fan of using slotted windows like you have shown.
Which company did you use for the folding doors sid?
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Thanks Dylan
For glass structure including folding door we used Apropos. It was convinient (not cheapest) way of getting same section profiles and consistent RAL 9007.
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great work sid. im surprised you got away with it!! architecture 1 planners 0
nice slit!
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Man you guys love those glass roofs, here you would just about bake to death in about 10 minutes!!!
Mate I love that slotted window! SO much can be gained through the abstract of windows!
Now I'm really wanting to see many more of your projects!!
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Richard
Here in Ireland we have a colour called "Fermanagh White" - it is the hue taken from the skin of people from that region of Ireland as they never see the sun - think milk and then add a bit of grey to it - lovely!!!!
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Thanks Oli. You win some and you lose some, but the battle is on.
Richard thanks for your comments. In UK we are so short of sunshine that we are prepared to boil if needed.
BTW the glass units are high performance with reflective coating and argon fill. Also the windows are temeperature controlled so when the temperature hits certain number (programable), high level windows to front and roof open automatically.
I am big fan of controlled views and "picture windows". They have to be positioned carefully of course. This is one of the tools to make your building talk to the context. So called matching does not interest me whatsoever.
I think you are much luckier being in Australia in terms of "modernity." You do not have idea what we have to put up with here in UK.Dermot it is not much different in England.
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Huh.... Typical... Architects are never mentioned in any of these.
http://www.northantset.co.uk/wellingborough/A-futuristic-look-to-town39s.5825747.jp
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Mate all it would have taken is a few words!!! Bugger!!
Fuuny you know when I looked at the small image in the article it gave me so much a better idea of how the additions work with the existing!! Weird how we can loose some viewing experience in a larger screen image!
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You'd have a task getting that sort of development passed around here. We have barely 200 years of built history, so anything over 50 years old (I'm serious) is codified as "historic" in certain districts. If it is falling down you might be able to rebuild something that looks similar (though lacking in true detail, materials, and proportion). Northern California.
Thanks for posting the rendering, a nice example of what can be done.
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Pbacot...this is more exception to rule than standard. In UK the drive to conserve is so strong than anything goes. The famous "to match" (whatever that means) rules.
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