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Shingle House by NORD Architecture
The Shingle House by NORD Architecture is the second completed holiday home in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project.
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Located on a beach in Dungeness, Kent, the house is clad in tarred black shingles.
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The interior is clad in white-painted wooden panels.
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Glazed concertina doors in the living areas and bedrooms open up the interior spaces to the beach.
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The Shingle House sleeps eight people and is currently available to rent.
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Living Architecture is a scheme initiated by writer Alain de Botton to create a series of vacation homes in picturesque locations, designed by prominent architects.
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Peter Zumthor, Hopkins Architects, MVRDV and Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects have all designed houses as part of this project (see our earlier story).
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See also: Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects
The following information is from Living Architecture:
The Shingle House is sited on one of the most unusual and poetic landscapes in England, on the shingle beach of Dungeness, near Romney Marsh.
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The vast beach is empty save for a random collection of fisherman's huts (many of them owned by artists, including - most famously - the late film-maker Derek Jarman), two lighthouses, the terminus of a miniature coastal steam train and in the far distance, the dramatic form of a nuclear power station.
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The entire beach is classified as a nature reserve and is filled with unusual flora and is a haven for a plethora of birdlife.
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Living Architecture's house is by a young Scottish practice, NORD Architecture, who responded to the natural drama of the site with a simple monumental black house, finished in tarred black shingles on the outside and in a beautiful palette of concrete and timber within.
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The Shingle House sleeps 8 people, and is available to rent from October 2010.
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Houses for Living Architecture |
Het Entreehuis by Bureau B+B |
Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects |