Hear all about these green projects at the Big Green Home Show:
- Bob Harris, Earthdome Ltd, London
- Leigh Bowen, Fifty Degrees North, Chertsey
- Mark Kingsley, Mark Kingsley Architects, Bath
- Peter Kent, Peter Kent Architects, Devizes, Wiltshire
- Nicholas Salt, Nicholas Salt Architectural Design, Powys, Wales
- Piers Taylor, Mitchell Taylor Workshop, Bath
- Penney Poyzer
- John Onken, John Onken Architects, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
- Jon Llewellyn, Maya Studio Architects, Chippenham, Wiltshire
- Richard Longstaff, Richard Longstaff Design Associate, Essex
Note: All case studies take place in the Plotsearch Theatre and last 30 minutes followed by a 15 minute Q&A session.
Thursday 15th November, 10:45 am
‘The Earthdome’, London
London’s first domestic dwellings (a set of four eco flats) to be heated from
the ground using ground source heat pumps.
Bob Harris, Earthdomes
FMB Master Builder of the Year in 2005, Bob is a Chartered Builder with his own
building company, a professional Lecturer and regular Guest Speaker at the National
Self Build & Renovation Centre.
Thursday 15th November, 12:30 Pm
‘Fairlawns’, Richmond, Surrey
An Eco Upgrade & Refurbishment of a 1960s townhouse into a stylish family
home and a beacon of low carbon sustainability.
Leigh Bowen, Fifty Degrees North
Leigh is a fully qualified Architect who has worked on Bill Dunster’s multi award-winning
BedZED eco village, from the first drawings to completion and now runs his own practice, Fifty
Degrees North, based in Chertsey.
Thursday 15th November, 3:00 Pm
‘Tristram Ecohouse’, Polzeath, Cornwall
An award-winning ‘new build’ 4-bedroom ecohouse by the sea
designed by the architect, Mark Kingsley, for owner occupation to BRE Ecohomes
(Excellent) / AECB (Silver) Standard.
Mark Kingsley, Mark Kingsley Architects
Mark is a Chartered Architect with an MSc in Energy Efficient &
Sustainable Building (Oxford) and runs his own company, Mark Kingsley
Architects, where he designs a number of low to zero carbon houses and
community buildings.
FRIDAY 16th November, 10:45 am
SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER, 3:00 PM
‘Featherbrook’, Potterne, Wiltshire
SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER, 3:00 PM
Architect Peter Kent’s very own 4-bedroom Zero Carbon Emission Home
and Studio that he designed and built for his family on the site of a former
turkey farm in the rural setting of Potterne, Wiltshire.
Peter Kent, Peter Kent Architects, Devizes, Wiltshire
Peter runs his RIBA Chartered Practice, Peter Kent Architect, from his home near Devizes,
Wiltshire and has been in practice there since soon after leaving Bristol University in
1981. The Practice, which undertakes all building forms, has become known for Housing,
Equestrian and Commercial Projects in an area ranging across the South of England.
FRIDAY 16th November, 12:30 Pm
‘Glanhafren Chapel’, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales
An eco conversion of a redundant chapel on the banks of the upper River Severn
for the clients to live in.
Nicholas Salt, Nicholas Salt Architectural Design, Powys, Wales
Nicholas Salt is an Architectural Design Consultant with his own practice based in
Wales, with a particular interest in environmental and energy-efficient building
techniques, timber-framed and vernacular buildings.
FRIDAY 16th November, 3:00 Pm
SUNDAY 18th November, 10:45 AM
‘Moonshine’, Bath
SUNDAY 18th November, 10:45 AM
Architect Piers Taylor’s very own unique, award-winning family home: an
ecologically-sensitive addition to a 200-year old school house on a woodland
site near Bath (with no car access within 400 yards).
Piers Taylor, Mitchell Taylor Workshop, Bath
Piers Taylor is a fellow director of RIBA award-winning architects, Mitchell
Taylor Workshop in Bath, currently teaching at Bath University and a regular
guest speaker at property-related events.
SATURDAY 17th November, 10:45 am
Penney Poyzer
Penney Poyzer’s own Ecohome in Nottingham
– a refurbished Victorian Villa quoted to be ‘the most advanced retrofit
in the country.’
Penney Poyzer, TV’s very own Queen of Green & Presenter of BBC’s
‘No Waste Like Home’ is one of the UK’s leading
environmentalists and much in demand as a speaker and broadcaster.
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SATURDAY 17th November, 12:30 Pm
‘Dolphin Cottage’, Cowes, Isle of Wight
An exceptional, award-winning eco-home commissioned by clients to replace their
existing two-story house in the heart of Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
John Onken, John Onken Architects
John is an American architect, who has lived and practiced in London since 1988 with a
keen interest in modern architecture that is specific to its local environment.
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SUNDAY 18th November, 12:30 Pm
‘Belle Vue’ - a green renovation & Other Stories
A derelict Grade II Listed Weavers Cottage in the heart of the Cotswold village of Box
near Bath.
Jon Llewellyn, Maya Studio Architects
Jon is a fully qualified Architect and founded his own practice, Maya Studio Architects,
in 2004 to allow him to concentrate on projects for private clients.
SUNDAY 18th November, 3:00 Pm
‘Award-winning Eco house’ in Danbury, Essex
By Richard Longstaff, Longstaff Design Associates
An award-winning eco house that is not just ‘a one-off building’, but the
beginning of a larger network bringing environmental homes into the mainstream of the
property market, offering an option to the consumer hitherto insufficiently addressed.
Richard Longstaff, Longstaff Design Associates,
Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex
Richard is a chartered practitioner who runs his own
architectural practice and also lectures in
Architecture at Anglia Ruskin University.
