Rational thinking leads to an integrated team

摘要

The Rational House story is quite complex. The intellectual property in the design originated with Tim Battle and architect Bob Dalziel, who established Rational House Ltd. Aware that the pages of the Architect's Journal are full of architect-led modular housing systems that remain forever at prototype stage, the duo brought in Aecom and Willmott Dixon to advise on commercialisation, buildability and supply chain issues. Rational House then licensed the design to a new company, City House Projects, which is now in contract with Hammersmith & Fulham council to provide design, planning and construction services. Dalziel and Battle retain a role in concept masterplanning the actual projects, but detailed design will be delivered by Aecom's architects.