Sloping green roofs top the two distinct wings of Stonecrop, a British house designed by Featherstone Young to be adaptable and energy efficient.
Located in a designated conservation area in Rutland, the dwelling has a principal wing dedicated to everyday use, and a smaller second wing with three bedrooms for visitors.
It was designed by Featherstone Young so that the guest zone would only be opened up and heated when the extra space is required, ensuring flexibility and limiting energy consumption.

"The client wanted a house that was both adaptable and energy efficient," explained the London studio's co-founder Sarah Featherstone.
"Their sons were teenagers when the project commenced so they knew that when the house was complete they would no longer be living permanently at home," she told Dezeen. "This meant they wanted a house that was comfortable and worked well when only the two of them there but when their sons and their future families visited it needed to be able to accommodate them all."

Stonecrop measures 347 metres squared, and its angular wings fold around a central circular courtyard.
The main wing branches off a buffer wall on the rear side of the house, which is built from local limestone rubble and forms part of the dwelling's hybrid masonry and steel structure.

Stonecrop's striking aesthetic was developed to ensure the home complemented its surroundings ? appearing as though it emerges out from inside the landscape.
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