by Hugh Conway Morris | Aug 5, 2023
Reciprocal Frame Connector An innovative detail, simplifying reciprocal frame construction. The beauty of reciprocal roof frames, where each element supports the next in a circle of forces, but no one element spans the full distance, belies the complication of their...
by Hugh Conway Morris | Aug 5, 2023
Insulated CobCan we make a “gross zero” building? The first pilot.Cob is a wonder material – freely available subsoil, mixed with straw, making load-bearing walls which are eminently non-toxic, accessible, free in material terms, zero embodied...
by Hugh Conway Morris | Aug 4, 2023
Lime-burning demonstrationsSPAB Cymru at Craig Gwladus Working with SPAB Cymru, Manifest carried out lime-burning demonstrations at their working party at Craig Gwladus, near Neath, south Wales. Two types of local stone were burnt – the first a blue lias from...
by Hugh Conway Morris | Aug 4, 2023
On-site lime burning in CardiffLocally-sourced limestone for the conservation of a ruined church Manifest worked closely with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and their budding new offshoot SPAB Cymru (Wales), on the conservation of the ruined...
