history, this building in london uses some ancient methods. lumps of stone are what;s keeping these flats and office upright. a sort of high tech stonehenge. sedimentary rock and, depending on how old it is, you will still find fossils within it, and here you can see. this has come straight out of the ground, hasn t it quite hasn t it quite right. yes, precisely, this is an ammonite shell and we found you can still do it, it s cheaper, faster and greener to simply put stone buildings up and we found here that we saved 92% of the embodied carbon, had this been a steel frame building and then clad in stone. but this hasn t been simple. it s rough hewn exterior is not everybody s taste. at one point the council was seeking to have it demolished. it was only saved after a two year
become a prime concern. take this windermere, and a museum to house a famous boat collection. the overriding concern, though, is don t spoil the view. sustainability has been really central to the concept of building. we have systems like the lake source heat pump that heats the whole museum, underpinning the energy strategy. we have selected wherever possible local materials so that travel from source to site is as short as possible. or this bridge in north cornwall, a place connected with the stories of king arthur. the challenge to reconnect the eroded site and not damage the archaeology. and when it comes to ancient history, this building in london uses some ancient methods. lumps of stone are what is keeping these flats and office upright, a sort of high tech stonehenge.