UNLOCKED: Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till's self-built straw bale house
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For the latest episode of Unlocked, Phineas Harper visits the iconic Straw Bale House in Islington. Designed by architects Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till in 1995 as a pioneering eco build, the house is known for its idiosyncratic material palette of construction rubble, sandbags and straw bales. In the video, Sarah, Jeremy and Phin discuss the genesis and evolution of the house, the future of eco homes and the fallacy of timeless design. Film by SPILT Music by Simeon Walker Produced by The Modern House CHAPTERS 00:22:12 Welcome to Straw Bale House 00:52:23 Material experimentation 00:03:03 Building a house with straw bales 00:05:19 Concrete gabions and fat architecture 00:06:17 A wall made of sandbags 00:08:33 Old and new technologies 00:11:23 A trip to the top of the tower: A lesson in thermodynamics 00:13:50 The future of environmental architecture 00:16:56 Future-proofing 00:22:41 The home as a feminist space 00:26:34 Blurring the lines between home and work Never miss a new film, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/36I7z8y Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernhouse/ & https://www.instagram.com/inigo.house/ Selling design-led homes in the UK: https://www.themodernhouse.com Selling historic homes in the UK: https://www.inigo.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/34BKO3x & https://www.facebook.com/inigo.house Home and interior inspiration, delivered to your inbox: https://www.themodernhouse.com/newsletter/ & https://www.inigo.com/#newsletter/ Listen to our latest podcast, How My Garden Grows: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-my-garden-grows/id1837703535 Best interiors Instagram accounts (Vogue) Best homes accounts (Guardian) Ultimate interiors accounts (Telegraph)
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