Rockpanel enhances award winning, luxury low energy home

Modern design meets environmental responsibility

The property is the work of LEATHWAITE®, an award-winning property development and sustainable construction company, committed to developing and building homes that are thoughtfully designed for modern living whilst minimising their environmental impact. They adopt contemporary architecture, design and construction methods, and employ passive principles supported by the latest renewable technology, to achieve ‘A Rating’ for energy efficiency and environmental impact (CO2) of all their new homes.  

Enhancing the contemporary aesthetic 

The house is embraced within lawned terraces which lead to a forecourt at the entrance and a stunning pool area to the rear. The balconies with their glazed balustrades, along with cantilevered elevations and projections, bring together crisp angles and sweeping curves using a limited palette of superior materials to create a contemporary home which exudes a feeling of chic modernity. 

Rockpanel facades were used to great effect for this stunning development, adding an organic aesthetic using Rhinestone Oak facades from the Rockpanel Woods collection of nineteen super realistic surface designs, which are almost indistinguishable from those found in nature. The panels embody the workability and warmth of wood without the up-keep and deterioration associated with it. Slim, structural detailing is then picked out in light RAL 9010 colour-matched Rockpanel, adding visual contrast to the otherwise muted, elegant tones. 

Specified for performance, sustainability and choice 

LEATHWAITE® Managing Director, Jon Moon, "A fabric first approach was adopted for the A Rated Low Energy Home, which is built using Insulating Concrete Formwork, a modern method of construction which creates a high performance building envelope that requires external cladding. Rockpanel was selected as one of the cladding materials due to its high performance characteristics. The contemporary design language benefited from the wide choices of Rockpanel finishes, with a combination of Colours and Woods. The durability, fire-rating and sustainable credentials all supported the choice of Rockpanel as a cladding solution.”