Return of the Cruck-Frame: Homegrown and Re-invented:

The revival of the age-old cruck-frame in two projects, Alec French Architects Sheepdrove Biodiversity Centre and Ben Law’s Prickly Nutwood, reflects a spectrum of what’s possible

In Unstructured 3

Into phase 2 – Flimwell moves on

Douglas fir Cruck-Frame Offices replace Sweet Chestnut at the Woodland Enterprise Centre

A version of this piece first appeared in Green Building, Volume 17 no 3, Winter 2007

Shorne Wood’s Sweet Chestnut cruck frame

Kent Nature visitor centre uses the prolific regional species, Sweet Chestnut, for cladding and its glulam cruck frame

A version of this piece originally appeared in Green Building, Volume 17 no 3, Winter 2007