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Repost of our Pocket House project with @tikariwor

Repost of our Pocket House project with @tikariworks – Full case study with structural summary is now available on TRADA.co.uk. Link via the @trada_timber bio
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Pocket House is an award-winning family house, distinguished by its character, the quality of its detailing – much of it in timber – and by the skill with which the architect has made use of a dauntingly restricted site. It is the first building completed by Tikari Works, a young practice established in 2014 by Nicola and Ty Tikari, and it is also their family home. They were not only client and architect but also acted as main contractor, directly employing a team of craftsmen and subcontractors for the building works
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Architect & client: @tikariworks
Structural engineer: @builtengineers
Main contractor: @tikariworks
M&E consultants: SGA Consulting
Timber supplier: TRADA member @silvatimber & @specialisedpanels
Kitchen manufacturer: @uncommon_projects
Timber elements: cladding, floor and roof joists, staircase, internal wall panels
Timber species: PEFC-certified Canadian western red cedar, PEFC-certified North American Douglas fir, PEFC-certified Finnish spruce
Photography: @edmundsumner
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#londondesign #londonarchitecture #ribaawards #woodawards #structuralform #contemporaryarchitecture #plywoodfurniture #pockethouse #timberarchitecture #timberjoinery #timberstaircase #timberpanels #interiordesign #timbercladding #verticalslats #plywoodwalls #douglasfir #laminatedplywood
Reposted from @trada_timber

Progress with the groundworks at our new build hou

Progress with the groundworks at our new build house site at Fishpond Bottom in West Dorset, drone shot from last week shows proximity to the highway combined with the steeply sloping site
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➡️ Swipe for our engineering section and view of @mortonscarr architectural model
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#engineering #structuralengineering #earthworks #sitechallenges #architecture #technicaldrawing

We've been developing initial design proposals for

We've been developing initial design proposals for a mixed use RC residential scheme in Slough
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Recent geometry output from our FE analysis of the frame
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➡️ Swipe for sketch drawing from @bluebeam_inc Revu compiling CAD, hand sketches and analysis images & highlighting modified structural elements for team review
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#feanalysis #structuralengineering #architecture #analysis #buildingdesign #designdevelopment

Throwback to our project Lister Tower in the New F

Throwback to our project Lister Tower in the New Forest with @pad_studiouk - structural interventions for a feature window aperture and curved steel stair fabricated by @lwl_welding
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➡️ Swipe for further images & 3D geometry used in FE analysis
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#flashbackfriday #feanalysis #fea #structures #structuralengineering #newforest #architecture

Old fashioned way to cut a piece of stone - but wi

Old fashioned way to cut a piece of stone - but will it work?

Repost of our House in a Garden project with @gian

Repost of our House in a Garden project with @gianni_botsford_architects which is featured on TRADA.co.uk as a full case study, head over to take a look
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Tucked behind two rows of tall 1840s Victorian villas in Notting Hill, London, is a modern single-storey house with a truly dramatic roof, its exposed timber frame rising in an elegant double curve to a glazed oculus.
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As architect Botsford explains: ‘We found that timber was not only the best material to build the roof, but also the best way to visually describe the complexity of the roof form itself while also creating a warm and comfortable domestic environment.' •
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Photography: @edmundsumner
Location: Notting Hill, London⁠
Architect: @gianni_botsford_architects
Structural engineer: @builtengineers⁠
Main contractor: @newwave.london⁠
Roof structure: ZÜBLIN Timber GmbH⁠
Joinery: @newwave.london⁠
Stair manufacturer: SteelOne
Wood supplier: ZÜBLIN Timber GmbH and @dinesen
Landscape architect: @tlg_landscape_design⁠
Timber species: @pefc_uk certified European spruce, birch and Douglas fir
Timber elements: Roof structure, floors, walls, ceilings, staircase
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#timberframe #timberroof #timberinterior #contemporaryarchitect #timberceiling #lightwells #copperandmarble #timberstructure #birchplywood #glulam #rooflight #ribaawards #woodawards #archdaily #züblin #urbanspace #timberarchitecturedetail #buildinglovers #buildingdesign #residentialdesign #residentialconstruction #residentialarchitecture #timberarchitecture
Reposted from @trada_timber

Continuing to develop our in-house grasshopper & r

Continuing to develop our in-house grasshopper & rhino skills; parametric variations in geometric patterns explored in rhino and structurally modelled with strand7 FE
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#finiteelementanalysis #parametricmodelling #parametricdesign #structuraldesign

Progress at one of our South London sites; a thin

Progress at one of our South London sites; a thin slab RC structure requiring full integration of masonry and glazing detailing over a long span
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#structuraldesign #masonry #glazing #houseextension #architecturaldesign #renovation

Built Engineers in 2019 •• Back analysis and m

Built Engineers in 2019
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Back analysis and minimal non-intrusive strengthening works were the order of the day on our tractor shed conversion with @heathwalkerstudio
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We utilised finite element modelling to prove the precast portal framing for the revised loading regime, allowing conversion to an elegant family home with the fine concrete portals on display
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#tractorshed #conversion #familyhome #architecturalconversion #architecturaldesign #precastconcrete

Built Engineers in 2019 •• The new pavilion &

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