Margarets Buildings, Bath.
Location : Bath
Client : Private
Year of completion : 2012
Construction cost : NC
Description :
A pair of 2/3 storey dwellings within a disused quarry.
Open plan with cantilevered stairs and
hyperbolic-paraboloid wall rising through 3 floors
to open pitched ceilings.
Passive solar principles, under-floor heating,
air source heat pumps,
integrated photovoltaic panels used as weathering
roof finish, solar panels and triple glazing.
Bath stone on SIPS (Structural Insulated Panel)
with additional internal insulation.
In 2015 No 1 was turned to be energy neutral.