Striking A-Framed Shingle House Sits on a Fragile Site in Southeast England

<a href="http://nordarchitecture.com/projects/shingle-house-dungeness/">NORD Architecture</a> has replaced a dilapidated home in Dungeness with this striking A-framed Shingle House in an exceptionally fragile area of Southeast England. Once a forgotten land fit for squatters, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness">England's only desert</a> has become a more popular place to settle as its extraordinary ecological and geological value has become better widely understood. But the shingle beach is very unstable, so the designers gave the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/green-renovation/">renovation project</a> a stout concrete footing and a timber frame that meshes well with the region's vernacular architecture.

This striking home replaces its dilapidated predecessor

A concrete slab gives it stability

The hearth, kitchen, stair and bathroom are all wrapped in a lovely timber frame and vertical boards

Then the entire exterior has been protected with a black bitumen

A wood-burning stove keeps the home warm in winter

The interior has a very simple but beautiful finish and magic views of the surrounding nature reserve in SE England.