AIA UK Building Tour Series 2022 - Freeholders by Mole Architects

Photo Credit: Nick Guttridge

Our 2022 Building Tour series continues! Following last year’s popular virtual tours, this series is once again inspired by the exceptional projects which were recognised at the AIA UK 2021 Excellence in Design Awards. And this year, we are excited to bring you a mix of live and virtual tours!

Join us for a virtual tour of Freeholders by Mole Architects, which gained a Special Commendation in the Professional - Small Project category.

When: NEW DATE - Thursday 10 March 2022, 6.30-8pm
Where: Online via Zoom
CES Credits -  Estimated 1.5 LU for AIA Members

Speaker: Meredith Bowles AA Dipl RIBA, Director, Mole Architects Ltd

Description

Freeholders is a new home on the harbour of Wells Next the Sea in North Norfolk. The building is separated into three sections, each with a different material quality. This approach reduces the mass of the building to a comfortable scale in keeping with the irregular cottages and small houses that characterise the area.

The ground floor contains a workshop and boat store opening out onto the quay. The entrance, tucked around the side, opens into a stairwell to the living spaces above. The two front sections – one white painted flint and brick, the other narrower and clad in Corten steel – contain the open plan living space and main bedroom, which both look north out to sea.

Hidden within the pitched roofs of the three volumes is a roof terrace, providing an unusual viewpoint of the roofscape of Wells, as well as a sheltered outdoor space to enjoy the sea.

Speaker Bio

Meredith Bowles is the founding Director of Mole Architects Ltd. He is Chair of the Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry, a panel member of the Cambridgeshire Quality Panel, co-Chair of the Suffolk Design Review Panel, and co-Chair of the RIBA East Awards 2021.  He is a visiting Professor at the University of Suffolk, and teaches at the University of Cambridge.

photo credit: Matthew Thompson