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<p>Not really on the drawing board anymore as it's practically complete!</p>
<p>New two-storey residential dwelling comprising timber frame construction. Solid Structures were responsible for foundation design - which required some clever thinking to bridge over the sink holes in the chalk ground without the use of expensive piled foundations.</p>
<p>The geometry of the building also posed another challenge - the building being curved on plan. The final design was a series of RC ground (spreader) beams forming a kind of spider web around the central protected tree.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Click to see &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.solid-structures.com/storage/drawing-board/tobermory/H472-01A.pdf">Drawing 1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.solid-structures.com/storage/drawing-board/tobermory/H472-02.pdf">Drawing 2</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.solid-structures.com/drawing-board/rss-comments-entry-10257012.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>
