Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Agbrigg
(top left)
A fine example of a simple allotment building in Wakefield,
West Yorks, this has car tyre foundations, loadbearing straw
walls, lime and clay renders/plasters, a planted sedum roof
and a composting toilet with disabled access. It was built by
amazonails in partnership with Dales (Contracts) Ltd.
Photograph © Rae Parkinson
framework and straw infill, and utilises an existing cement
slab floor. It is rendered inside and out with local home-made
clay plaster except for the gables, which are lime-rendered.
Photographs © Rae Parkinson
Story Hut (
middle, left and centre)
This simple but effective story-telling hut, Assington Mill's
second strawbale building, has car tyre foundations, a
rammed chalk floor and a thatched roof.
Photographs © Rae Parkinson
Summerhouse
(top centre)
This beautiful circular garden house is actually very simple
and totally sustainable. It has an insulated clay floor,
loadbearing straw walls and a cedar shingle roof, and was
built by the owners Sue and Richard Nicol with the help of
amazonails.
Photograph © Rae Parkinson
Owlery
(bottom)
This two-storey loadbearing owlery was built at Assington
Mill by amazonails course particpants in 2008, and completed
by Anne Holden and Bob Cowlin.
Barn owls moved in in early
2009. See www.assingtonmill.com.
Classroom
(top right and middle right)
