Studio Bark

PLANNING PERMISSION for Sun Barn! ☀️🏡 We're delighted to share that Sun Barn, our latest hyper-efficient barn conversion, has secured planning approval! 🎉 Rooted in Solar House principles, Sun Barn will harness solar energy to aid the heating and cooling of the building, ensuring a comfortable, low-energy home that sits harmoniously within its rural setting. The design retains the existing barn while introducing two sunrooms, maximising natural light, views, and passive solar gains. By reusing the structure and carefully selecting low-carbon materials, Sun Barn will be carbon negative within 32 years. Find out more about our work with agricultural buildings here: https://lnkd.in/eUMQXUqV #BarnConversion #SolarHouse #NetZeroHomes

Futurebuild 2025 - what a week! 🚀 A huge thanks to all of you who visited us at the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) stand. You made our week truly inspiring and we loved hearing about new ideas and upcoming projects shaping our industry. Our highlights: 💡 Joining ACAN on their buzzing stand right at the entrance - setting the scene for the show and sharing our vision for a post-carbon industry 💡 Presenting our brand new SmallCarbon™ carbon tool for small practices and the U-What?! acoustic panel at Nick Newman and Hannah Towler’s talk 💡 Thomas Bennett speaking with Architecture Today about the #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex, and exploring their exhibition 💡 Welcoming students from Waltham Forest College to participate in the ACAN stand and discussing the future of construction with the next generation of industry leaders We developed SmallCarbon™ with funding from Innovate UK, and we're now seeking further funding to make the tool as easy and affordable as possible, helping small practices report and measure carbon on projects. If you know of any available pots, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch at info@studiobark.co.uk Massive thanks to Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) for hosting (and building!) such an inspiring space, to Futurebuild, and to everyone who stopped by to chat, share insights, and support our work. ♻️ The U-Build stand has been taken down and stored ready to reconfigure into alternative future uses... watch this space! Let’s keep pushing for real change. Until next time! ✨ #Futurebuild2025 #netzerobuilding

📌 Don't miss it - Hannah Towler and Nick Newman from our team will be on the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) stand at Futurebuild on Wednesday at 15:30 talking about our latest solutions for commercial retrofit. Nick from U-Build will introduce our new U-What?! reusable acoustic wall panels, and Hannah will be launching our brand new carbon counting tool, SmallCarbon, designed by and for small architecture practices. Drop by for the talk at 15:30, or visit our stand at anytime to chat with our team. You can still register for your free ticket to Futurebuild here: https://lnkd.in/dVWUy5fn #futurebuild #retrofit #netzerobuilding #fitouts #modularbuilding #officefitout

Heading to Futurebuild on Tuesday 4th March? Our Director Thomas Bennett will be speaking to Architecture Today about the #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex, and our approach to 'Co-evolving with nature'. 📍 Tuesday 4th March, Futurebuild Arena, 5pm We'll be joined by a brilliant line up chaired by Isabel Allen. You can register for #Futurebuild here: https://lnkd.in/dVWUy5fn #regenerativearchitecture #positiveimpact

Studio Bark and U-Build have some exciting things planned for Futurebuild next week... 📍 Find us at the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) stand - engage with low-carbon natural materials, connect with changemakers, and experience hands-on workshops. 🛠 See U-Build in action - explore how our modular construction system makes truly circular buildings and fitouts possible. 🎤 Talks & panel discussions - Don’t miss our insights! Thomas Bennett in conversation with Architecture Today about the #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex. (Futurebuild Arena, Tuesday 4th March, 17:00 - 17:45) Hannah Towler and Nick Newman introducing our brand new SmallCarbon™ carbon counting tool designed for small practices, and U-What?! modular acoustic U-Build panels. (ACAN! Fringe Programme, Wednesday 5th March, 15:30 - 16:15) Come and visit us at the ACAN! stand throughout the show, or you can book a 1:1 with us via Calendly here: https://lnkd.in/encxziSw See you there! #Futurebuild2025 #circulardesign #climateaction

We've loved having the opportunity to bring #ProtestArchitecture to the Victoria and Albert Museum in collaboration with U-Build. The exhibition is in it's final week closing on Friday 28th February - so come and see the installation before it's gone! Featuring Barricade, a modular U-Build structure, and Beacon, a bamboo tower inspired by protest design, the installation asks: How can we use design to disrupt, resist, and reimagine? Following #CircularDesign principles, all components will be taken down and given another life in future projects - watch this space! Presented by the Victoria and Albert Museum and RIBA. 📍 Architecture Gallery, V&A Museum 🎟 Free entry #BarricadeAndBeacon #ArchitectureActivism #VAMuseum #StudioBark

Easton Bavents – A home that moves with the landscape. Coastal erosion is reshaping the East Suffolk coast, claiming an average of three metres per year. In 2020, three homes at Easton Bavents were lost to the sea. Rather than leaving the land her family has called home for nearly a century, our client Anne pursued a pioneering solution: Four demountable homes designed with our U-Build system. These modular timber structures can be assembled, moved, and reassembled, offering a climate-resilient response to an ever-changing coastline. But change isn't always embraced and despite expert warnings that the land is at risk of erosion within 20 years, planning approval was denied with the council arguing that one of the homes sits outside the designated Coastal Change Management Area (CCMA) and is not at immediate risk. Now, Anne is taking it to appeal. We believe in proactive solutions that anticipate, rather than react to, environmental change. Coastal resilience isn’t just about emergency response, it’s about long-term, adaptable design that works with nature, not against it. Find more of our projects, designed to both prevent and respond to the worst effects of the climate crisis at https://lnkd.in/eYb6ZHb3 #regenerativedesign #climateadaptation #eastsuffolk

We're looking forward to taking part in Architecture Today's panel about the Regenerative Architecture Index at Futurebuild (Tuesday 4th March at 5pm on the Arena Stage). Our Director Thomas Bennett will be discussing 'Co-evolving with nature', how design can work within, rather than against, natural systems to regenerate ecosystems. We'll be the show all week alongside our friends at U-Build and Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) - come and say 'hi'! You can register your spot at Futurebuild here: https://lnkd.in/dVWUy5fn #regenerativearchitecture #Futurebuild2025

Our exhibition Barricade and Beacon at the Victoria and Albert Museum is closing soon—last chance to experience it before February 28th! Exploring the intersection of architecture and activism, the display highlights the role of architects, designers, and citizens in shaping change. Featuring Barricade, a modular U-Build structure, and Beacon, a bamboo tower inspired by protest design, the installation asks: How can we use design to disrupt, resist, and reimagine? Presented by the V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership, in collaboration with Studio Bark. 📍 Architecture Gallery, V&A Museum 🎟 Free entry Don’t miss it—come and see it before it’s gone! #BarricadeAndBeacon #ArchitectureActivism #VAMuseum #StudioBark #ProtestArchitecture

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers... Our Director Thomas Bennett explores how 'rural exception sites' can be utilised to create affordable #housing in rural areas. Read more here at Big Issue: https://lnkd.in/esF_VeT8 Thanks to Liam Geraghty for the piece. #communityhousing #affordablehousing