Wyvern House is featured in Concrete Magazine

Wyvern House has been featured in the July issue of Concrete magazine.

The Concrete Society encourages the exchange of knowledge and innovation across all disciplines and promotes excellence in design, construction, appearance and performance.

Wyvern House’s design had several site constraints which limited its size and shape as well as construction methods. The exceptional quality of this completed home was made possible by using a concrete frame with a central circular zinc core. Concrete detailing has become a main design feature throughout the building, specifically to the three storey staircase where the visible concrete is honed and then polished and sealed to give a beautiful low-sheen finish.

Mason Construction wins Federation of Master Builders' House Builder Award for Driftwood

We are delighted to have won the Federation of Master Builders’ House Builder Award 2021 for our work on Driftwood in Loughton.

This luxury new-build home is made using a steel frame and features its own cinema room, a green meadow roof and an external heated seating area for all-season dining.

The ground floor offers a central viewing area which grants uninterrupted views from the front entrance right through to the rear garden, where a beautiful sculpture completes the stunning aesthetic.

Our client was seeking to make this their retirement home - the master suite is therefore fitted with its own bathroom and walk-in dressing room on the ground floor and is accessible via a secretly detailed door in the cladding.

Whole-house automation also makes this new-build a triumph in modern convenience technology.

Click here for full list of Eastern Counties winners for 2021.

Driftwood has been shortlisted for The International Design and Architecture Award 2021

We are thrilled to hear that Driftwood in Loughton has been shortlisted for the 2021 International Design and Architecture Awards in the ‘Residential 1 - £2.5million’ category.

Clear Architects’ hidden design interplays between indoor and outdoor materials running from the interior to the exterior – alongside multiple outdoor seating areas.

Voting opens in August, and we look forward to finding out if Driftwood has won!

Driftwood features in Times article about indoor-outdoor living

Driftwood, a new build we completed in July 2020, has featured in an article in The Times about indoor-outdoor living - also known as Friluftsliv.

The article discusses the rising trend in outdoor spaces that can be used year-round.

Frilufstliv is the Norwegian outdoor equivalent of the well-known Danish hygge (defined as ‘a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being’).

Driftwood’s modernist fire pit referenced in the article incorporates many features to add to this sense of modernity and cosiness.

Planning granted for Forest Rise in Loughton

We are delighted to be working with Clear Architects, who have now received planning consent to update a Victorian property in Forest Rise, Loughton. Set in a stunning position overlooking Epping Forest, the existing manor house has been poorly extended and the owners wish to completely modernise it.

The new design will provide a magnificent home and entertaining space that takes its ethos from the original Victorian architecture, but with cutting-edge contemporary additions that will enhance this home for a new generation.

The generous proportions of this contemporary design adds enormous light to the internal spaces, with an improved layout and natural flow. A new underground pavilion will house the swimming pool, with a distinctive design that is at one with the landscape and takes full advantage of the stunning aspect.

A new annex, which will replace the former stable block, will complete the transformation.

This is a very exciting project, with a design influenced by both period characteristics and some unusual architectural details to create a unique modern home.

Planning consent achieved for Driftwood in Loughton

We are delighted to be working with Clear Architects, who have now received planning approval for the transformation of an existing house in Loughton, Essex. The project is titled: Driftwood.

The clients have lived in the existing property for many years and love the location and setting, and would now relish the opportunity to live in a truly unique modern abode that incorporates light innovatively to create an open space.

The overall re-modelling of the dwelling will alter its appearance to that of a statement property with cutting edge proportions.

By bringing plenty of sunshine into what is essentially quite a traditional and dark house, the design will establish better connectivity throughout the house – in the internal layouts themselves, but also by creating connections between the front and rear gardens, as well as blurring the distinctions between the internal and external spaces.

Planning permission granted for Wyvern House

We are delighted to be working with Clear Architects on a new build in Loughton.

The proposal for a new modern home on an old tennis court, adjacent to a Grade II listed property, was given permission by Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) in December 2015.

District Development Councillors hailed the design as “legacy architecture” for the local area. In an 11-1 approval vote last week (2 December 2015), several committee councillors commented during the planning committee meeting that the concept represents “stunning architecture that Loughton can be proud of”.