Creek Cabin

by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects

Client Private

Award RIBA East Award 2024

Creek Cabin is a low environmental impact home that celebrates its rural Suffolk setting. The shared passion of client and design team to achieve these aims is evident in all aspects of its design. It is a lifetime home for a couple, with additional space for their children and grandchildren. The setting is exceptional, but also challenging from a planning perspective: it is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), adjacent to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and within a flood risk zone.

The jury were utterly beguiled by the way the client and the designers had responded to these challenges to create a unique and idiosyncratic home. A particular triumph is the creation of a highly sustainable building to Passivhaus standards, very well insulated and with careful management of solar gain, that also offers a sense of openness to the landscape through extensive glazing.

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal

Contractor MS Oakes Ltd

Structural Engineer Structure Workshop

Gross internal area in m² 287