Two-storey straw-panel frame following the gable roofline

Renovations + Additions · [location]

Roofline Addition

A storey added under a new roofline, in panels light enough that the existing foundations did not need underpinning.

Type
Storey addition
Added area
[area]
Foundations
Existing, unmodified
Completed
[year]

The build

A straw-panel storey weighs a fraction of a masonry one. That is the quiet advantage in an addition: the load the existing structure has to carry is small enough that foundations, in many cases, are left alone.

Panels arrive numbered and pre-cut for the new openings, including the angles where the addition meets the original roof. A small crew makes the new storey weathertight in days rather than weeks, which matters a great deal when the floor below is still lived in.

The project

Photographs from the build.

A timber frame being raised on site
Raising the frame
Straw wall panels with diagonal timber bracing
Diagonal bracing
A finished, light-filled straw-panel interior
Ready to finish
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