Knox Bhavan completes prefabricated, flood-resistent house on stilts

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Architect worked with modular manufacturer BlokBuild and engineer Price & Myers on a prefabricated cassette system for Thames-side home

Knox Bhavan has finished a flood-resistant prefabricated house on the River Thames that is raised off the ground by a table of slim, galvanised steel stilts.

The practice worked with modular manufacture BlokBuild and engineer Price & Myers on a prefabricated cassette system for the single-storey home.

March House stands on a natural flood plain and is designed to withstand the risk of expected flooding for the next 100 years.  It is situated opposite pasture and farmland as well as the beauty spot Winter Hill.

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