A welcome neighbour

Screened from the street by a graffiti-strewn boundary wall, Barefoot Architects' Cor-ten-clad courtyard house has charmed its Bristol, England neighbors. The scheme called for a Cor-ten steel-clad courtyard house on an unusual triangular end-of-terrace plot in St Werburghs, Bristol, for a priv...

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Published inThe Architects' Journal p. 30
Main Author Duffy, Ellie
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Emap Limited 13.02.2020
Subjects
Architecture
Bedrooms
Courtyards
Floors
Goss, Sam
Graffiti
Houses
Schedules
Bristol England
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Summary:Screened from the street by a graffiti-strewn boundary wall, Barefoot Architects' Cor-ten-clad courtyard house has charmed its Bristol, England neighbors. The scheme called for a Cor-ten steel-clad courtyard house on an unusual triangular end-of-terrace plot in St Werburghs, Bristol, for a private client. The brief was to develop a new two-bedroom home on the ground floor for the client to live in, with a separate first-floor space for guests, and a small courtyard and roof terrace overlooking the adjacent park. The Cor-ten Courtyard House was a fast-track project. Barefoot Architects was appointed in April 2018 and the work was completed in Oct 2019, two months ahead of schedule. Barefoot director Sam Goss explains that their ethos is to work more collaboratively in architecture generally. On bigger projects that might mean participatory design, while in a project like this it meant working closely with a contractor and bring in them on board earlier than usual.
ISSN:0003-8466