So, it's been a rum old lot in this series so far, characterised by more and more "eco homes".
Last night's was surely the worst so far - a bizarrely designed house with really narrow corridors, small rooms and the interior designed to look like the inside of a football ground (i.e. bare breeze blocks). To top it all it was powered by a wind turbine. Which didn't work.
Another (anti) favourite of mine was the one built primarily underground in the Cotsworld with bare breeze block walls again and industrial ceilings. That one had some interesting features (passiv haus) but smacked of a couple of architects chucking every latest fad into the building with no client to moderate them a bit. I also found it a bit strange how they seemed to want to hide their kid away (a separate 'media room' to hide away that ugly TV, bedroom in the corner with a nice view of some retaining wall and a crap waterfall).
Last night's was surely the worst so far - a bizarrely designed house with really narrow corridors, small rooms and the interior designed to look like the inside of a football ground (i.e. bare breeze blocks). To top it all it was powered by a wind turbine. Which didn't work.
Another (anti) favourite of mine was the one built primarily underground in the Cotsworld with bare breeze block walls again and industrial ceilings. That one had some interesting features (passiv haus) but smacked of a couple of architects chucking every latest fad into the building with no client to moderate them a bit. I also found it a bit strange how they seemed to want to hide their kid away (a separate 'media room' to hide away that ugly TV, bedroom in the corner with a nice view of some retaining wall and a crap waterfall).
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