Fishing Hut
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A timber-framed and clad hut on galvanised supports used as a retreat for fishermen
This is a sophisticated primitive hut worthy of Murcutt or Leplastrier but set on a Hampshire lake.
The timber construction on galvanised supports hovers over the lake. It is as much about time passing as fishing – crafted slatted timber panels allow the building to hunker down in the winter, then open up in the spring to become delicate brise-soleils.
Timber-framed glass screens slide away and a solid building becomes transparent.
Data
- Completed: 2015
- Floor area: 66m2
- Sector: House
- Address: Hampshire, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Niall McLaughlin Architects
- Project architect: Niall McLaughlin
- Client: Private
- Contractor: Inwood Developments
- Structural engineer: Price & Myers
- Landscape architect: Imagination Design
- Cost consultant/Quantity Surveyor: Ridge and Partners
- M&E Engineers: Max Fordham