The brainchild of owners Adrian and Megan Corrigall and RAW Architecture Workshop, Concrete House is a stylish, brutalist family home that balances rich textures at a domestic scale. Completed in early 2019, the ambition of the project was to create a minimalist dwelling \u2019that retained honesty and simplicity in both...
dwelling ’that retained honesty and simplicity in both material use and in how its occupants use its spaces’ explains Adrian Corrigall. Lewes, East Sussex, the scheme feels both solid and dramatic with its large openings, sleek furniture, and strategic surfaces. The building is made up of a series of five stepped blocks that house four bedrooms. The home is ‘just the right size for our family. No more. No less’ says Corrigall.
This 260sqm home is the world’s first building constructed using advanced Fibre Reinforced Concrete, a durable anti-cracking material developed by Cemex that doesn’t require reinforced metal bars. ‘People’s perception of concrete as cold and damp can be so far from reality. The thermal performance is a great joy. We have only turned our heating on once and that was just to test it.
The Corrigall family had originally approached Graeme Laughlan and David Mulligan at RAW Architecture Workshop having seen their previous work at Camusdarach Sands. ‘From our first meeting, it was clear they understood our need to collaborate strongly on this project and to avoid the dictatorial nature of so many client/architect relationships. A shared love of the work of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia also informed many of our later design decisions’ explains Corrigall.
‘The desire to create a family home from the ground up has always been an ambition. Less show home and more family home. We were determined to prove good design need not be exclusive as it is so often portrayed.’ §
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