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Whilst several gridshells have now been built using different technologies, none had until now been constructed to support a frameless glass roof. When we were approached by engineers Buro Happold to build a radical new roof for the orangery at Chiddingstone Castle, our inquisitive nature got the better of us!
When the publisher Felix Dennis decided to build his new house to celebrate the work of Robert Louis Stevenson, and particularly Treasure Island, he turned to Carpenter Oak & Woodland for the substantial timber frame.
Despite being a very traditional environment for a timber frame, the brief for this project meant that an entirely traditional solution was unlikely to fulfil it, but our Scottish timber framing and design team had an idea up their sleeve.
Located in Lauder College’s Halbeath campus, ECOSpace is open to students and visitors throughout Scotland and the rest of Europe as an example of fully accessible, sustainable development.
When the architect for this project design a curved sedum roof for the extension to this cottage he immediately assumed they would have to made from glue laminated beams. Our timber frame designers in Scotland had other ideas!
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