2007 Innovative Use of Brick and Clay Products

House in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire

Architect: David Kirkland Architects
Structural Engineer: David Dexter Associates
Brickwork contractor: Julian Francis & Co.
Brick: Michelmersh/Dunton Brothers: Hampshire Red and Multi

Making extensive use of brick, this extraordinary organic house has been designed to be ecologically, socially and economically sustainable. The panel was impressed by the attempt to create a 21st century vernacular that features very high thermal insulation standards allied with a ground source heat exchange system and passive solar design.