Listed building and planning consent were gainted by others before Building Tectonics were commissioned to design and detail the next extension. Adapting an old technology and building method so that modern standards of construction can be equaled requires some care, especially since we now have very exacting standards of termal insulation to achieve. A specialist company was engaged by the client to further detail and construct the timber frame. Another complication was the new basement was to be formed below the timber frame structure, which of course had to also comply with modern standards. Marrying up to the modern with the very old in terms of building but also the method is always a little challenging.
