Playful New-Build SIPs Home

This new build designed by DMW Architects won the STA Award for "SIP Project of the Year 2024" and received a "Highly Commended Award". The project has a modern look with coloured render and bright yellow door. A favourite here at Norrsken.

Alu-clad double glazed P11A and P13A windows were used along with our triple-glazed only S319A sliding door system. With a continuous decked floor running around the rear of the property our technical team had to ensure that frames and door thresholds aligned correctly and the ends result was exactly what the designers wanted.

Context & Design

The project’s material palette, formal restraint, and structural clarity reflect a quiet confidence - rooted in place, yet contemporary in tone. The design embraces suburban domesticity while subtly challenging it, offering a progressive model for low-impact housing within a traditional residential setting. The project has also received a prestigious structural timber award.

The house is constructed using a Structural Insulated Panel System (SIPs), supplied by local specialists Ecologic SIPs. This off-site fabrication approach enabled a rapid and precise build, while also contributing to high thermal performance and low operational energy use. The prefabricated structure is wrapped in natural sawn timber cladding at the upper level, resting lightly on a glazed ground floor—creating a floating effect that connects interior spaces directly with the woodland edge.

Spatially, the home balances simplicity and playfulness. A generous open-plan ground floor is grounded in views and natural light, while the pitched roof form allows for unique mezzanine-level spaces—an inventive response to family life that offers moments of seclusion and elevation.