Conference on vernacular architecture

Conference on vernacular architecture

Folk Architecture and the Future International Conference in Veszprém, Hungary Our director Hugh Conway Morris was invited to speak at the international conference on Folk Architecture and the Future, held in the beautiful city of Veszprém in western Hungary in the...
Reciprocal Frame Connector

Reciprocal Frame Connector

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

Insulated Cob Experiment

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

Reciprocal-Framed Log Store

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

Grey Chalk Project

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...