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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Designing the perfect home office
With many of us now working from home in light of the global pandemic the need for a healthy, optimal home-working space has never been more pressing. As an architect’s practice we have been working from home for over 20 years and have designed many bespoke home offices, including our own, building up a wide range of expertise and design principles for creating joyful, enriching workspaces. Here are our top tips for your home workspace.
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New Sustainable Home in Cottingham
We are pleased to announce Samuel Kendall Associates has received the commission for the sustainable home restoration and extension of an early 20th-century house in Cottingham, East Yorkshire.
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Connecting Home and Garden - 7 Ideas
As sustainable architects, a strong connection to nature is at the core of our design thinking and we have developed many techniques to maximise the garden-home relationship.
Read MoreYorkshire Passivhaus - Full Planning Permission
We are happy to announce our new project for a new sustainable family home in Carnaby, East Yorkshire has received full planning permission.
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Top 7 Sustainable Home Materials
Achieving a sustainable home is no simple task, pairing renewable energy systems with a well orientated, efficiently organised and well-insulated home will not ensure your home is sustainable, how much energy was used in that concrete slab or those blockwork walls? To make a sustainable home you must use sustainable materials.
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Market Weighton Eco-Extension Approved
We are happy to announce our project for a passive solar home in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire has now received full planning and building regulations approval.
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New Film - Solar Courtyard House, Beverley
Our project for a solar courtyard eco-home in Beverley, East Yorkshire is the subject of our newest animated film.
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New Sustainable Home in Bridlington
We are pleased to announce SKA have received the commission of a new sustainable extension to an arts & crafts house in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
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The Sustainable, Free Energy Home
Through careful passive solar design & renewable technologies, this house extension on the edge of Hornsea Mere achieves a sustainable, tranquil lifestyle with no running cost - the building actually generates a profit in surplus energy.
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New Film - A Passive Solar Home for Calderdale
Our project Heptonstall House is the subject of our latest film - A Passive Solar Home for Calderdale. The new film explores the home’s relationship with the site and climate and showcases the passive solar arrangement of the house.
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New Sustainable Leisure Project On East Yorkshire Coast
We are pleased to announce SKA have received a new sustainable leisure architecture commission on the East Yorkshire coast focusing on adaptive reuse, eco-friendly materials & passive solar design strategies.
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Passive Solar Design Guide UK
At Samuel Kendall, we specialise in passive solar homes which take full advantage of their setting, climate, materials and family lifestyle to achieve the healthiest living conditions for the modern family whilst minimising the home’s heating costs.
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Mereside House Gets Final Certificate
Our eco-friendly extension & renovation project Mereside House in Hornsea, East Yorkshire is drawing to a close as it receives its final certificate of completion from building control after 2 years from design to delivery.
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Small But Mighty - A guide to compact projects
A great project does not depend on its scale but on the quality of its design. Through compact, careful architecture you can radically enhance the enjoyment & quality of your existing home at a far lowering financial & environmental cost.
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Lantern Terrace Begins Construction
After receiving planning & building regulations approval our Lantern Terrace project is to set to begin construction.
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New Sustainable Home in Scarborough
We are pleased to announce SKA have received a new commission in the delightful core of Scarborough old town.
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Sustainable Strategies for Eco-Friendly Extensions
Our most common architectural project begins with an existing home that cannot meet the spatial, environmental or performative needs of the modern family.
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Eco-Friendly Twin House Planning Permission Granted
Our recent restoration & eco-friendly extension project, Twin House, has been granted full planning permission & will be entered for building regulations approval shortly. Situated in the small village of Broomfleet, this Victorian cottage has been restored & radically upgraded with a contemporary sustainable extension echoing the form and character of the existing dwelling.
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Pragmatic Sustainability
The 21st century presents us with the fact that the building industry is responsible for 39% of global carbon dioxide emissions. An immediate sustainable solution is to stop building new buildings with virgin materials & instead focus on restoring, upgrading & reclaiming the existing buildings and materials we already have.
At Samuel Kendall we have spent over two decades practising a pragmatic approach to eco-friendly building, lowering both the environmental and financial cost of architecture. We believe through following these ideas architecture can play its part in creating a sustainable future.
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