Ladderstile House
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Facade from Ladderstile Ride
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A new build sustainable family home arranged around a central courtyard
The spaces are arranged around the site to maximise natural light at all times of day, and to set up a central courtyard with a series of satellite courtyards spread around the site.
Two volumes sit astride the structural beams on the first floor, the master bedroom block sits over the swimming pool facing south, part glazed and part solid it is entirely covered by a veil of stainless steel panels. The other first floor block sits over the main entrance to the house and looks directly into the park
The house is built from a solid timber system, clad in hand-thrown bricks and has a vertical garden and filligree stainless steel screens cladding the main volume of the house. It is serviced by a biomass fuel system burning recycled wood chip pellets, in combination with geothermal bore holes. The aim is to reduce the overall carbon emissions of the house to achieve a zero carbon rating.
Data
- Begun: Sep 2006
- Completed: Feb 2009
- Floor area: 444m2
- Sector: House
- Procurement: Construction management
- CO2 Emissions: 9kg/m2/year
- Address: Ladderstile House, Ladderstile Ride, Kingston upon Thames, London, KT2 7LP, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Threefold Architects
- Project architects: Jack Hosea, Mark Hillier, Matthew Driscoll
- Client: Anjana and David Devoy
- Interior designer and external screen details: h2architecture
- Landscape architect: h2architecture
- Structural engineer: Atelierone
- Structural engineer: TALL Engineers
- Main contractor: Anjana and David Devoy
