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Chalk River House incorporates a steel frame alongside a timber frame to create two volumes connected by a link area, with a double-storey, vertically-sliding guillotine window.
The RC raft slab supports the superstructure and helps distribute the load into the ground.
The structure needed to achieve ambitious spans over open-plan living areas with large glazed facades meaning that the steel frame was designed to tight deflection tolerances.
A sunken swimming pool next to the rear terrace completed the new home.
Shortlisted for the RIBA Awards South 2026; winner of the House of the Year at the British Homes Awards 2025, British Homes Awards 2025.
Client . Private
Architect . Oliver Leech Architects
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