The new eco-house in South Cave is designed to offer exceptional energy efficiency while seamlessly integrating with its picturesque surroundings. The project is set to undergo its air pressure testing at the end of July, marking a significant milestone in the home's development.
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Sustainable ICF Cottage at Nether Poppleton
We are delighted to announce the practical completion of our latest project: a family home in Nether Poppleton built using sustainable modular Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) construction. This new cottage exemplifies cutting-edge efficiency and sustainability, showcasing the incredible potential of modern building techniques.
Read MoreFinal Completion at Ecology House
We are thrilled to announce the completion of our latest project: a comprehensive retrofit and sustainable extension of a semi-detached family home in Walkington, East Yorkshire. This project, dubbed the Ecology House, exemplifies our commitment to integrating sustainable building methods, off-grid energy systems, and biodiversity enhancements in residential construction.
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A home for a sustainable future, rising rapidly on Carnaby Main Street.
East Yorkshire Eco-House Structure Completed
With its low-carbon timber structure now complete & wrapped by the first layer of weatherproofing, our East Yorkshire Passivhaus stands as an emerging case study for a new standard of eco-friendly family homes.
Read MoreTimber Cladding at the Scarborough Hillside House
The diagonally coursed Siberian larch cladding is nearing completion at our ICF Passivhaus in Scarborough. The timber provides a low-carbon, elegant skin to the family home which will season to a palette of soft greys as the home weathers in.
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Full Planning Approval for The Ecology House
We are delighted to announce that our Ecology House project in the village of Walkington has received full planning approval, this project radically enhances a long-loved family home, achieving a new standard for sustainable living.
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Hillside House Tops Out
Now ready for its SIPS panel roof, this Passivhaus in Scarborough is testament to the pace and versatility of insulated concrete formwork (filling its sandstone hillside in just 4 months), the pioneering approach of our clients and construction team and the potential of ultra sustainable living.
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Material Conservation at East Yorkshire Eco-House Site
The sustainable material conservation and reuse of the previous masonry cottage at our East Yorkshire Passivhaus site in Carnaby is continuing at a rapid rate, with thick monolithic walls of locally sourced chalk carefully harvested for reuse as the new outer skin of our proposed eco-home.
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How To Design a Sustainable House - 5 Low Carbon Strategies
At SKA we have been integrating a host of approaches to the design of low carbon, sustainable homes for over 2 decades & in the last 12 months have developed many new, innovative eco-homes (with several schemes currently on site) which have pushed the boundaries of how sustainable a modern family home can be.
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Dusk-Dawn House Receives Full Planning Permission
We are happy to announce our project for the sustainable extension, renovation and enerPHit upgrade to a family home in Cottingham, East Yorkshire has received full planning permission approval.
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Scarborough Photography Studio - Full Planning & Building Regulations Approval
We are happy to announce our project for a photography studio in Cayton Bay, Scarborough has received full planning permission & building regulations approval.
Read MoreNew Project at the Dusk-Dawn House
The last house along a leafy, tranquil lane in the village of Cottingham, this project radically enhances an Edwardian home's capacity for healthy, sustainable living whilst minimising the house's cost of living & environmental impact.
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Construction Progressing at Elloughton
Our Elloughton Sun Spaces project is progressing well on-site west of Hull, with all delicately patterned reclaimed brickwork laid, a sweeping bank of bi-folding doors installed and a roof of matching slates completed.
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New Sustainable Home in Walkington
We are pleased to announce Samuel Kendall Associates has received the commission for the sustainable home retrofit and extension of a post-war family home outside Beverley in the village of Walkington, East Yorkshire.
Read MoreSouth Cave Passivhaus - Full Planning Permission
We are happy to announce Samuel Kendall Associates has received planning permission for a unique Passivhaus family home in the Wolds village of South Cave, East Yorkshire.
Sited on the fringes of South Cave in the Yorkshire Wolds, this contemporary timber-framed Passivhaus sets a new standard for healthy, sustainable family life, integrating passive environmental design strategies, building with low carbon, locally sourced materials & integrating renewable energy systems.
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Scarborough Passivhaus Excavations Complete
Our project for a Passivhaus in Scarborough, North Yorkshire is making great construction progress with excavations now completed to its sandstone hillside site. Work will soon begin on the insulated ground floor slab and then the innovative insulated concrete formwork (ICF) wall system achieving a next-generation level of thermal performance for the sustainable home.
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Lantern Terrace Taking Shape in Driffield
Our sustainable extension and renovation project at Lantern Terrace in Driffield, East Yorkshire is continuing to progress with new steelwork, delicate brickwork walls and roof finishes coming together with the bi-folding doors expected next week.
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Chilterns Oak House, an off-grid passive eco-home.
5 Steps to an Off-grid Eco-home
The dream of a home with no running costs, no energy from the grid but instead generating energy profit may seem to of reach to most, but at Samuel Kendall Associates this is a dream we have realised many times through careful passive solar design, innovative renewable energy systems and a holistic understanding of what makes sustainable architecture.
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Sustainable Retrofit Approved in Scarborough
Samuel Kendall Associates have received full planning permission for the deep retrofit and low carbon extension of a 1950’s house in the heart of Scarborough’s old town. Scarborough EnerPHit house showcases the EnerPHit standard for a low energy retrofit, upgrading the existing home’s thermal performance, integrating energy-saving ventilation systems whilst extending and reconfiguring the home.
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New Film - Chilterns Oak House
Nestled in the Chiltern Hills, this oak framed home sets a new standard for healthy family living, framing its picturesque setting, integrating passive environmental design strategies & building with low carbon, locally sourced materials.
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