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SPRINGHILL IS A DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBERWELL SE5 OF A PAIR OF NEW-BUILD HOUSES - SPRINGBANK AND PADDOCK HOUSE.

THIS BLOG DOCUMENTS THE BUILDING PROCESS FROM APRIL 2012 TO DECEMBER 2013

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Thursday, 29 November 2012

One of the CLT panels being craned into place.


The first 3 panels in position.

The CLT panels being lifted off the delivery lorry.
The Big Lift begins!

The CLT superstructure panels waiting to be craned into position.

The contractor for the superstructure has prepared a waterproof instruction book.

The setting out for the superstructure - spot on!

Monday, 26 November 2012

A computer generated view of the master bedroom.

Southwark are pruning the street Plane trees.


Olivia was here.

Autumn leaves in Grove Park.

Friday, 23 November 2012

A computer generated view of Paddock House.

Thursday, 22 November 2012

A computer generated view up the staircase atrium.
The atrium will bring natural light into the heart of the house and act as a solar chimney, providing passive stack ventilation in summer.

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

The ground floor slab pour.

Concrete pump silhouette.

The result of a good day's work.
We're back up to ground level at last!

Jonni, Lazlo, Lukasz, Piotr and Piotr after a job well done.
Lazlo says that a beer after pouring a slab makes the concrete set harder.

The ground floor slab is being poured today.

Monday, 19 November 2012

Wall-mounted sanitaryware.

A sketch of the master bathroom.
The bathrooms will have limestone floor and wall cladding.

An aerial view of the oasis of Grove Park.
3 miles from Westminster.

A view of the model.

Lord House is symmetrically planned, with a room in each corner and a central  double-height atrium.

Lord House is a modern reinterpretation of the Georgian villa.
It keeps a low profile in the street, with a green sedum planted flat roof.

Our project Lord House in Grove Park, just 100m from the Springhill site.
This was completed in 2002.

Lewis and Emma make a site visit.

Each house will have 8 photovoltaic solar panels, which will generate 2kW of electricity.

The Temple of the Sybils in Dr Lettsom's Estate, Grove Hill.
This is where the Springhill site is located.


The precast concrete floor panels in position.
Reinforced insitu concrete will be poured onto the panels to form the ground floor slab.
The cross-laminated timber superstructure panels will then be assembled on the slab.


We have a big crane in for the day to lift the precast concrete floor panels for the back addition slabs.

Saturday, 17 November 2012


The steel frame is complete and the precast concrete floor panels are being dropped into place.

Friday, 16 November 2012



The steel frames being erected.


The precast concrete panels for the ground floor slab being craned into position.

Maple leaves on the lawn.

The Japanese Maple in the garden of 38 Grove Park.

Autumn afternoon in Grove Park.
The plane trees are to have their annual pollarding next week.

Thursday, 15 November 2012

A computer generated image of the kitchen-dining room of Paddock House.
The folding-sliding doors open the full width onto the terrace outside, bringing the garden into the house.

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

A cross-section through the house.
The staircase atrium rises the full height of the house.
It brings natural light into the heart of the house and passively ventilates the house in summer.

Noting the sizes of the precast concrete shuttering panels.


Steel life with builders.

The steel frame being bolted together.
In the background you can see the precast concrete shuttering panels for the ground floor slab being lifted onto site.

The steel frames have arrived from Hungary.
They will frame the staircase atrium in  the basement, and support the ground floor slab.