We were absolutely thrilled that our project, Amento, designed by award winning Architect, James Gorst, was announced as the winner of the New Build category of the RIBA Suffolk Craftsmanship Awards, 2024, which took place at Trinity Park last night.
Amento scoops the RIBA Suffolk Craftsmanship Award, 2024, for New Build!
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This week saw the handover of the final homes for social rent at Ravenswood, Ipswich, where we have constructed 96 properties for Handford Homes Ipswich, on behalf of Ipswich Borough Council Construction of the development, which commenced in January 2023, primarily consists of social housing and market rent homes, all designed for sustainable living and […]
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Handover of the final homes for social rent at Ravenswood
The final phase of our works at The Longshop Museum, Leiston, are almost complete. We have carried out an extensive and sympathetic refurbishment of this nineteenth century work house, including repairs to brickwork, major roof timber repairs, strip-off and re-tiling of the main roof, new roof lanterns and roof lights, lead and copper work, gutters, […]
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Longshop Museum, Leiston, nears completion
To mark Gipping’s latest partnership with Ipswich.co.uk, we invited Oliver Rouane-Williams, Editor and Founder along with his team, for an access-all-areas tour of our site at Ipswich Museum. The visit gave Oliver the opportunity to meet our Site Team: Project Manager, Steve James and Working Foreman, Nick Maslin, as well as our Joint MD, Andy […]
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Gipping making headlines!
The towering temporary roof over Ipswich Museum can be seen from many viewpoints in the town and has protected the historic landmark for months whilst restoration works to the roof have taken place. The scale of the project and the sheer quantity of scaffold and containment material required to shroud the building is vast. This […]
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A bird’s eye view of Ipswich Museum under wraps
We are thrilled to announce the expansion of our board of Directors with Julian Davies MCIOB joining as Construction Director and Joe Butler as Associate Commercial Director. Julian and Joe are long-standing, well-respected members of the Gipping team and they add further strength to the board which will be key in our succession planning since […]
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Congratulations, Julian and Joe
Congratulations to Joel Murray, one of our Project Managers who recently attained his NVQ Level 6 – Construction Contracting Operations Management (Construction). This is in addition to his NVQ level 6 – Construction Site Management – Building and Civil Engineering and a very long list of other construction qualifications With over eleven year’s experience, Joel […]
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Another Six For Joel!
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Gipping staff including Site Manager, Shaun Whiting, Stan Pryke, Carpenter, Contracts Manager, Steve Offord, and Joint Managing Directors, Paul Orriss and Andy Laflin were joined by James Gorst, David Roy and the owners of Amento, Liz Goodrich and Peter Mavroghenis.Just a few of many stunning features of this outstanding home which showcases the highest levels of craftsmanship:The contemporary, single-storey, open plan house is designed around a fractured, orthoganol geometry. A transverse East-West wall, abutted by two non-aligned perpendicular walls running north south form the core of this architecturally dramatic home.The facing brick faced diaphragm walls divide the house into four areas – the private realm of the master bedroom, bathroom and study; the social realm of dining and entertaining; the accommodation quarter for guests and finally the fourth quarter for the garage and utilities.
Each of the four Siberian Larch timber framed modules has its own relationship to the exterior landscape, defined by the oversailing parapet walls. Similarly, the garden, designed by Charlie Hawkes, RHS Gold Medal winner, exploits this particularity with varying landscaping strategies from one quarter to another.
The roof sheets, gutters and pipe work are all constructed from Zinc and a gravity rainwater drainage system uses chain downpipes.
Internally, the house features Douglas Fir plywood panelling throughout. Some panels are removable with hidden fixings, for example, above the windows to conceal electric blinds. There is open rafter detailing throughout with a sarking layer of Douglas Fir plywood.
Polished concrete floors by Lazenby with a rich walnut satin finish contrast beautifully with the warm tones of the Douglas Fir panelling.
LED lighting is cleverly used throughout. The wood burner in the living area sits on a marble shelf which seamlessly adjoins wooden cabinetry running the width of the room with inset LEDs. An imposing marble backdrop to the wood burner sits flush to the Douglas fir panelling.
In the kitchen, bespoke cabinetry by Buhr was constructed using Douglas Fir contrasting with white stone worktops. The facing brick diaphragm walls add texture and contrast.
The master bedroom features bespoke cabinetry by Buhr, again using Douglas Fir with a Cedar lining.
Imported Japanese tiles are used to great effect with white sanitary ware in the family WC.
Sliding pocket doors are fitted between the hall and study, the master bedroom and living area through to the other bedrooms.