SUSTAINABLE LIVING
SUSTAINABLE NEW-BUILD HOME BUILT WITH KEBONY FAÇADE ADORNS RUGGED WELSH COASTLINE
Built into a rugged hillside overlooking the extensive natural coastline in South Wales , a new-build family home with a sustainable vision is now complete .
Designed by award-winning architects , Loyn + Co , the home which blends naturally into the verdant landscape and sits beneath towering pine trees , makes extensive use of Kebony , a global leader in the production of sustainable wood , for the home ’ s façade .
The design brief for the new home was to make the most of the beautiful views , capturing the potential of the sensitive location , in addition to prioritising the contextual importance of the site , topography and existing trees . As keen gardeners , the clients also wanted a house that would be suitable for the warm months and harsher winters . The dwelling is partially cut into the site and organised to not only have wonderful sea views , but arranged so that a central atrium planted with specimen trees provides a winter garden as well as an inspiring circulation space serving each of the three levels and putting nature at the centre of the home .
The family home , which has been cut into the valley side amongst established trees , makes extensive use of Kebony wood , which diverts the need for deforestation by transforming sustainable wood species such as pine into Kebony wood with features that are comparable , and in some cases superior , to those of precious tropical hardwoods .
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