Push-Pull House wins the RIBA South Sustainability Award

Push-Pull House, a playful family home in Amersham, has received a RIBA South Regional Award and is winner of the RIBA South Sustainability Award.

The judges said of the project:

“Push-Pull House is both confident and unassuming, a sophisticated formal statement that is also well-scaled and contextual…

“Of special note is the long sloping span of exposed CLT over the main living spaces, where this increasingly common form of construction has been used in such a way that really brings it into presence, and provides a rare example of the integration of material, structure and space. The CLT structure also sequesters CO2, and although designed around eight years ago, the project meets RIBA operational energy targets for 2025.”

We designed Push-Pull House to respond to the microclimate and its garden setting. Made of timber, it is inherently low-carbon and non-toxic; healthy for the occupants and healthy for the planet.