SUMMER BUILD 2011: DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION AT HOOKE PARK APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED (23 JUNE). ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT VIA THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW. The Architectural Association’s new construction programme of building projects at Hooke Park, its woodland site in Dorset, starts in summer 2011. Applicants are invited to join a team to work alongside timber-framing experts [...]

SummerBuild 2011 will construct the “Big Shed”, a 500m2 enclosure that will accommodate future fabrication, assembly and prototyping activities at Hooke Park. The building is conceived by the students of AA Design & Make and Diploma Unit 19 as an ‘adaptable’ structure. It has large moveable sections that future users will be able reconfigure to [...]

Charley Brentnall is leading SummerBuild. He has played a pivotal role in the renaissance of timber framing in the UK. He started a timber framing and vernacular buildings business in 1979 and founded Carpenter Oak & Woodland in 1987. He has over 30 years experience in timber construction and conservation, is a visiting lecturer at [...]