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Waugh Thistleton Architects


Murray Grove

The original timber tower Hackney, London




Telford Homes


£ 3.9 million

RIBA workstages

Concept to Completion


RIBA President's Award for Research 2009

BCI Building Project £3m - £50m 2009


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Murray Grove is the first tall urban housing project to be constructed entirely from pre-fabricated solid timber, from the load bearing walls and floor slabs to the stair and lift cores. Zoom image


The nine-storey tower is built from a tight honeycomb of structural panels, with a timber core providing stability, and inset balconies with structural balustrades to strengthen the outer structural wall. 
Section showing honeycomb structure


Completed within 49 weeks, and delivering 29 fully insulated and soundproof apartments, the project demonstrated for the first time that CLT has the potential to be a financially viable, environmentally sustainable and beautiful replacement for concrete and steel in high-density housing. 
Its distinctive pixelated façade, made up 2,500 individual panels in three hues, arranged to capture how the shadows fell on the site of the building, means that the modern, Gerhard Richter’s abstracts inspired aesthetic fits comfortably into its context. The lightweight wood-pulp cladding avoids adding unnecessary bulk to the tower. 
Elevations inspired by Gerhard Richter's "Les gris entre ciel et mer du nord"


The exemplar project has spearheaded the introduction of CLT in the UK, and pioneered a wider international movement in its use.

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