{"id":103108,"date":"2019-01-19T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-cabin-in-the-woods-when-it-rains-its-loud-but-lovely\/"},"modified":"2019-01-19T18:05:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T11:05:45","slug":"the-cabin-in-the-woods-when-it-rains-its-loud-but-lovely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-cabin-in-the-woods-when-it-rains-its-loud-but-lovely\/","title":{"rendered":"The cabin in the woods: 'When it rains, it\u2019s loud but lovely'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCreated from sustainable sources by architect Piers Taylor, and parked in a Somerset valley, is a mobile home that\u2019s both in and of the treesMobile home. It takes just two words to stir up the contradictions in British attitudes to that most basic of needs: where, and how, to live. On the one hand, prejudice, embodied in the phrase \u201ctrailer trash\u201d, with all its snobbery and classism, and in the ever-present persecution of traveller communities. On the other hand, middle-class fantasies of shepherd\u2019s huts. Yes, David Cameron \u2013 pictured last summer, smiling on the steps of his second shepherd\u2019s hut, at his second home \u2013 I\u2019m thinking of you.Deep in a wood in Somerset is a 30m sq mobile home designed to expose these conflicts. Clad in corrugated fibreglass and steel, with a steeply pitched roof and two tall gable ends, it is made from materials sourced from construction waste and from the woods themselves. It was designed by architect Piers Taylor. If you only know Taylor from the TV show he presents with Caroline Quentin, The World\u2019s Most Extraordinary Homes, you probably don\u2019t really know him. While the programme usually follows the pair poking round extravagant, expensive houses, Taylor\u2019s day job and family life are more about economy, frugality and making buildings that challenge some fairly fundamental assumptions behind how we live and work. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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