What we build
This timber framed 118m2, two bedroom house is the first certified Passivhaus in London, setting a benchmark for energy efficient design combined with comfort, high indoor air quality and other health-enhancing and anti-asthmatic advantages.
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This low maintenance, low energy, low cost home has been designed as an example of a simpler framework for future living.
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The Larch House is the UK’s first zero carbon (code 6), low cost, Certified Passivhaus, built as prototype social housing and launched at the 2010 National Eisteddfod for Wales.
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Winner: 3R Awards (Refurb, Rethink, Retrofit) 2011, Best Public Building (awards organised by The Architects Journal, Construction News and Civil Engineer)
Finalist: The Energy Awards 2011, Energy Efficient Refurbishment of the Year
Full Passivhaus Certification: 14th December 2011
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This energy efficient solar family home currently nearing completion at Newington Green in the London Borough of Islington was designed to set a standard for future housing with an apparently effortless amalgamation of environmentally responsible solutions with beautiful forms, some years before the first Passivhaus was certified in the UK.
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Bere:architects completely remodelled this Clerkenwell loft for a famous theatre designer as a calm and comfortable retreat from the pressures of a hectic professional life. Bespoke furniture and fittings were made from natural materials including limed oak, saddle leather and steel.
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This large family house in Notting Hill has been completely refurbished and extended to create rooms that are elegant, comfortable and calm. Our work is inspired by the under-stated elegance of Scandinavian modernism. All details are carefully worked through to give lasting pleasure to the occupants.
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This low maintenance, low energy, low cost home has been designed as an example of a simpler framework for future living.
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A compact tree-top house situated on a sloping site in Highgate Cemetery is surrounded by a nature reserve and a tree-lined lane. The house takes its form from the sloping site. A gently twisting structure, the house opens up towards the winter sun. An overhanging roof canopy controls the summer heat gain.
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Funded by the Technology Strategy Board and implemented in collaboration with Southern Housing, the aim of this social housing retrofit by bere:architects, is to show that deep-energy cuts are possible with social housing stock. We aim to show how improved thermal comfort, reduced energy bills and lower CO2 emissions are possible for millions of people in existing houses.
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