LandARK steals limelight

The LandARK timber-framed pod home, home office or holiday cabin – or at least the barebones of it – was undoubtedly one of the big visitor attractions at the show.

Designed by the ZEDfactory architects practice and developed in conjunction with several Saint-Gobain businesss, including International Timber, the £60,000 kit building featured in frame form, with the finished building, complete with a sedum roof, heavily insulated panel walls and Thermowood or Accoya cladding, due to be complete for the Grand Designs show a couple of weeks later.

The Nordic whitewood for the frame was supplied by International Timber, and CNC machined by sister company Calders & Grandidge. It was prefabricated at the roofing specialist Pasquill’s plant and will be brought to market by fellow Saint-Gobain group member Jewson.

“It’s designed to be delivered as a package and with all the right renewables, which Jewson can supply from our Greenworks operation, it can be an off-grid, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6 building,” said International’s product and market director Steve Rogers.

“It’s also a traditionally designed frame, using mortice and tenon joints and wedges rather than metal fixings, so anyone can put it together,” said Jewson marketing manager Rob Samuelson. “And for added flexibility it can sit simply on sleepers, or be moored with concrete posts and ZEDfactory, is also looking at the option of mounting it on a mobile home-type chassis.”

LandARK will be available in two- to four-bedroom options and is expected to appeal to the leisure sector as well as private customers.