Rejointoyage
After 122 bags of lime mortar and 8 months of hard work, Mélanie and Béranger, our self-builders in France, have completed the repointing of 200 sqm of stone wall in their converted barn in Dordogne! Beautiful result and a major achievement before starting to build the internal timber structure next month.
Photos by Béranger Hau. More on our clients' blog...
Finishing touch
Mélanie and Béranger have been working hard on their self-build barn conversion during these last months. After creating the new openings in the stone walls, installing the new roof and finishing all the groundwork, they are now getting ready to repoint the interior of the freshly cleaned stone walls with lime mortar.
We are now finalising the detailed drawings for the internal timber structure while they manage the site themselves and do the hands-on building under their own steam. We are following their progress through their personal blog dedicated to the project.
2hD at Lincoln Architecture Society
The Lincoln Architecture Society invited 2hD along to give a talk as part of their evening lecture series. I was genuinely impressed by the professionalism of the students who run the society — an excellent welcome pack in my email a few days before the event giving all the info I needed to get to there and a warm welcome and introduction.
Here are a few of the slides from my talk, which covered the Sky Vault project, the barn conversion in the Dordogne, our work on the NTU architecture course, Mission Control (our hairy micro-office), our Structures on the Edge shortlisted competition entry and the inflatable event space.
Chapeau et bottes
Our self-build barn conversion project in France is progressing well, with the new roof and floor slab now completed.
More photos on our client's blog…
