SUSTAINABLE PROJECT OF THE YEAR (UNDER £2M)

摘要

This project, which was entered by Acme, is an extension to a 19th-century mill keeper's house, combined with a new flood defence and landscaping. The extensions is deliberately low tech, relying on passive design measures to minimise energy requirements. The structure is made from laminated wood, exposed on the inside and clad in charred cedar boards externally. As part of the project, a new flood defence has been completed around the back of the mill, making it possible to abandon all downstream defences, and return 25ha of forest and grassland to their natural state as marsh.