Concrete House / Raw Architecture Workshop

Architects: Raw Architecture Workshop
Year: 2020
Photographs: Tarry + Perry
Manufacturers: Cemex
Interior Styling: Chapter Eight Design
City: Lewes
Country: United Kingdom

Concrete House, designed by Raw Architecture Workshop, is a family home that showcases the softer side of concrete. The house is filled with natural light, mid-century furniture, art, and lush indoor greenery. It is the first building in the world constructed with advanced fiber-reinforced concrete, a material developed by Cemex and tested by the University of Zurich, eliminating the need for reinforced steel bars. The design reflects Adrian Corrigall’s lifelong passion for concrete, influenced by brutalist architecture and his youth spent skating around Glasgow car parks.

The project reveals the softer side of a concrete monolith, creating an open family home filled with natural light, mid-century furniture, art, and lush indoor greenery.

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The raw surfaces of concrete walls, steel industrial fittings, leather antiques, and personal treasures change in color and contrast depending on light levels, adding depth and texture to the surroundings.

Concrete House is the world’s first building made from advanced fiber-reinforced concrete, a durable and anti-cracking material developed by Cemex and tested by the University of Zurich for its thermal and structural properties.

The fiber composition of the concrete eliminates the need for reinforced steel bars, making it the first concrete building globally to be built without rebars in the walls.

Designed by RAW Architecture Workshop for Adrian and Megan Corrigall and their young family, Concrete House reflects Adrian’s long-standing love of concrete, influenced by his youth spent skating around Glasgow car parks and by brutalist icons such as the Barbican, the National Theatre, and architect Louis Kahn’s use of light to guide occupants through spaces.