Long Crendon House by Mailen Design

Long Crendon House by Mailen Design

Architects: Mailen Design
Project: Long Crendon House
Location: Long Crendon, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Area: 157 sqm
Photography: Kristen McCluskie

Designed by Mailen Design, the Long Crendon House is a new-build family house in Buckinghamshire, UKWorking within considerable local planning restrictions the architect designed this three-bedroom house for private clients that is both contemporary and at ease in its historic village setting.

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The exterior marries vernacular materials and proportion with modern detailing while the interior’s fluid arrangement of varied spaces reveals moments of surprise and delight.

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Rooms are flexibly interlinked to allow choices between privacy and connection, such as the shuttered openings facing each other across the double-height hallway from parent and child bedrooms. Materials including larch, concrete and ply are largely left natural and self-finished inside and out, with inspiration coming from the area’s robust and simple farm buildings.

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Structurally Insulated Panel (SIP) construction provides excellent environmental performance and allowed the structure to be erected to water-tightness in only one week. The total build cost of less than £1,500 per sqm represents excellent value for a unique family home.

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