Millbrook House

Conceived as a series of building elements that float and overlap over each other, a simple palette of materials have been utilised to construct this new dwelling.

A ground floor brickwork ‘garden wall’ that winds inside and out of the house, bringing the garden in, sits under a floating Accoya clad timber first floor. A zinc roof drapes and folds over the central spine of the building, expressing the ‘bones’ of the timber structure that support it, whilst also providing solar shading to the south and protection to the north side of the dwelling.

Large extents of glazing to the south and east provide key visual connections to the external landscaping and exploit the benefits of passive solar gain. This five bedroom dwelling is extensively automated including a home office, cinema room, gym and play room.

The bespoke hand-made imperial sized bricks, provide a texture to the ground floor walls that weave in and out of the house, connected by the transparency of the glazed openings that frame the external landscape and capture the southern light.