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Corten Courtyard House

Lightweight timber frame inserted within historic brick walled courtyard

Corten Courtyard House.
Corten Courtyard House. Credit: Greg Pittam

RIBA South West & Wessex Award winner 2021
Project Architect of the Year Award - Martina Goluchova of Barefoot Architects (sponsored by Taylor Maxwell), Small Project of the Year Award


Barefoot Architects for private client
Contract value: £248,000
GIA: 82m2
Cost per m2: £3,013

Clad in weathering steel on a triangular end of terrace plot, this courtyard house was designed for a client whose daughter lives next door. The brief was to develop a new two-bedroom home that could be inhabited on the ground floor only by the client for the purposes of accessibility, with an intimate central courtyard and a separate first floor space for guests. There is also a roof terrace that overlooks an adjacent park. The lightweight, well insulated air-tight timber frame was inserted within the retained historic brick wall forming the courtyard. The new structure sits atop  a flood resilient raised floor slab.

  • Corten Courtyard House.
    Corten Courtyard House. Credit: Anthony Coleman
  • Corten Courtyard House.
    Corten Courtyard House. Credit: Anthony Coleman
  • Corten Courtyard House.
    Corten Courtyard House. Credit: Anthony Coleman
  • Corten Courtyard House.
    Corten Courtyard House. Credit: Anthony Coleman
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