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Low Carbon Hempcrete House, Orkney Islands

This new low carbon hempcrete house was built for one of our clients in Holm a small village in the Orkney Islands. With majestic views of Scapa Flow, this is the first hempcrete house built on the Orkney mainland.  It was constructed using a timber frame and the walls were formed using prefabricated hempcrete blocks…

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Georgian House Retrofit, Bishop Wilton

Retrofitting is the act of fitting new systems designed for high energy efficiency and low energy consumption to buildings previously built without them. Retrofitting a building also improves amenities for the building’s occupants and improves the performance of the building. Native Architects were commissioned to carry out a full retrofit on a Georgian brick house located…

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Native Quarterly Book Choice

Every four months a member of the Native team will share with you their favourite book, a magazine article or a radio or TV programme. We begin with a book chosen by Sean Bartlem who is our Part 1 Architectural Assistant.  Sean has picked Vitamin Green published by Phaidon.   A book that is worthy of…

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