Reciprocal Frame Connector

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...

Insulated Cob Experiment

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...

Reciprocal-Framed Log Store

by Hugh Conway Morris | Aug 3, 2023

Reciprocal-Framed Log Store Small structure with innovative roof. We were commissioned by the owners of a fine listed house in Oxfordshire to provide them with a log store which was architecturally innovative, beautiful, and suitable for its sensitive context....

Grey Chalk Project

by Hugh Conway Morris | Jul 6, 2020

Grey Chalk Project Resurrection of a historic type of lime. Manifest Design Workshop are delighted to work with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings at their Old House Project in Boxley, Kent.  Working closely with the Society, we have helped to source...

Lecture on Mathematics & Medieval Architecture

by admin | Feb 15, 2019

Lecture on Mathematics & Medieval Architecture Traditional stonemasonry and symbolism Manifest were invited by the University Church of Oxford to present their findings on the Medieval architecture of the church, in two talks given in the nave of the building...