Mole Architects designed the two buildings with engineered timber to limit energy consumption, with consideration given to minimising both embodied and operational energy use – a whole lifecycle approach

Greenwich Design District, a collection of 16 buildings designed by eight architects, offers accessible, low-cost workspaces for London’s community of designers, makers and creators.

The brief was short: the buildings must be low cost, no more than four storeys high and house a variety of creative spaces. Blocks are close together and the result is an architectural mish-mash of shapes and materials.

Recently visited by Building Design, D2 & C2 - Mole Architect’s two unique, highly sustainable buildings - are constructed entirely from timber.

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