23/01/2008

Futurobois 2007

Timber Construction Awards (www.futurobois.com)
The Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday, January 22nd at the 'Chambre d'Agriculture Des Deux Sevres, Niort.

The jury had met on the 7th of December and selected 13 projects of the 29 presented.

The Awards have as their aim to:
-Identify built projects in different building categories, throughout the region
-Select work which could be used as a reference for good practice in Timber Construction.
-Credit the clients, designers and tradesmen involved
-The Awards were broken down in 5 categories:
Private Houses, Extensions, Collective Housing, Public Building, Commercial Buildings.

Paul McMahon accepted the '1st' Prize for the 'Lormont' House, Saintes, in the category of Private Houses.

24/12/2007

Our best wishes for Christmas

A Big THANK YOU to you all, clients and collaborators without whom we wouldn't be here today: already 5 years in business and now with a motivated team of 8 people. We will have some new developments to announce in the New Year which is already shaping up to being an interesting one! Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh!!!

01/10/2007

Chez R., Rouffiac

The renovation and extension of Chez R. is nearing the stage of practical completion ( see image facing ).
The project consisted of the renovation of an existing charentais house aswell as a contemporary style extension to the rear. The materials used include timber cladding and white concrete to the elevations with the new joinery in coloured aluminium. Solar panels and decking have been fitted to the two-storey portion to the back of the facing photo (click to enlarge).

27/08/2007

Architects Expo

Since 1988 Euroka has been grouping of archtects to allow cross-border exchange, based in Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Germany. This exhibition shows 36 projects on 6 different themes (transport, housing etc), And 6 per region.
The exhibition runs from 03 09 2007 to 26 09 2007 at the Maison des Architectes Poitou Charentes, Poitiers.

25/07/2007

Urbacharme Awards Ceremony

In the Charente-Maritime where the story of architecture is , essentially one of stone, how is one to build in timber? How can we reconcile a new method of construction with this urban landscape or the rural one which shaped it? Which architectural, technical or aesthetic qualities, that timber construction allows can we put to the forefront?
In partnership with the National Timber Comittee and the ‘Conseil General’ the CAUE 17 wished to open the 2007 edition of the annual awards to projects, both public and private, constructed in wood.

The choice of the jury was based on three criteria:
1. The care taken to carefully insert the project into the environment (built or natural) which often sparks debate.
2. The general coherence of the project with regard to other environmental impacts: location, energy efficiency.
3. The relevance of the timber construction in economic terms (price, speed of construction).
From a wide range of projects , the jury selected three prize-winners: the Thermal Baths Residence at Jonzac in the category of infrastructure, the Dedron House at Thou and the Lormont House (by Paul McMahon Architects) in the ‘Habitat’ category.
(The facing photo shows Sebastien Bigo accepting the award on behalf of the office at the Conseil General on the 06 July 2007.)