"Externally the new elements of the building are timber framed with efficient locally sourced Sweet Chestnut cladding, the roof finish is reclaimed slate and the doors/windows were all manufactured locally. Internally, the Stannexe has a kitchen, large double height studio/living space, a fully tiled wet room, a separate unheated storage space with mezzanine storage/sleeping platform above. Due to the building’s large south facing windows and high thermal efficiency with modern under floor heating it requires minimal energy to heat and light."You can see lots more photos at the post and rpd's Facebook page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Two sets of beach huts to be located at East Beach, Shoeburyness, Southend on Sea... The walls are to incorporate recycled timber pallets bolted into timber frames and faced with tough translucent plastic sheeting to the outside with plywood to the inner face. The panels will be bolted into place on site and then walls then infilled with pebbles, gravel, glass chippings, shells and other recycled materials laid in drift layers visible through the plastic. The result will be walls that each differ from one another while utilising the materials indigenous to the beach. The prefabricated roofs are to be planted with sea hardened sedum.Pedder & Scampton Architects -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I went to this famous literary haunt fully expecting to find a natural soundscape now ravaged by the din of modernity. It turned out to be the best moment in our entire recording schedule. On a misty January Sunday morning, and within a 30-minute drive from Boston, Thoreau's Walden came to life before my ears. Ice creaking as it formed by the shoreline, the low hum of pine needles swaying in the breeze, and, just as Thoreau had promised, the faint rattle of a train tearing through distant woods – an intimation in sound of the Machine Age.Hendy's series Noise: A Human History is at 1.45pm on BBC Radio 4 weekdays until April 26 and his book Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening is published by Profile Books (£16.99).
The sounds were pretty subtle. Perhaps I wouldn't have noticed them at all if I hadn't been at Walden Pond especially to listen. But they connected me with Thoreau and his age at a deep emotional level. Catching them, I also understood for the first time that every place on Earth really does still have its unique "sound mark". It's a fragile thing, though. And in a globalised world, we should cherish it while we can.
