{"id":7608,"date":"2026-04-27T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7608"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:20:29","slug":"musson-brown-architects-and-miltiadou-cook-mitzman-complete-flatpack-newcastle-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/musson-brown-architects-and-miltiadou-cook-mitzman-complete-flatpack-newcastle-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Musson Brown Architects and Miltiadou Cook Mitzman complete “flatpack” Newcastle home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK studios Musson Brown Architects and Miltiadou Cook Mitzman have completed a courtyard home in Newcastle, which was constructed using a prefabricated structure<\/a> of cross-laminated timber<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located in the Newcastle suburb of Jesmond, the 420-square-metre home was designed for a retired couple who wanted a peaceful retreat from the city, which informed a U-shaped layout enclosing a green courtyard.<\/p>\n

Replacing a derelict 1980s building on the site, Musson Brown Architects<\/a> and Miltiadou Cook Mitzman<\/a> (MCM) designed the home with a “flatpack” cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure, which was fabricated off-site in order to minimise waste, construction time and carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

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Musson Brown Architects and Miltiadou Cook Mitzman have completed a cross-laminated timber home in Newcastle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“This project integrated a ‘flatpack’ approach, which involved using a cross-laminated timber structure that was precision-manufactured off-site and assembled on location,” Musson Brown architects founder George Musson told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“While this required extensive preparation at the technical design stage, it was incredibly satisfying to see it come together to form a cohesive structure.”<\/p>\n

The simple, rectilinear volumes of the home were then finished in a palette of red brickwork, weathered steel and glass, in a contemporary take on the Edwardian architecture that defines the surrounding neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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It is finished in a palette of red brickwork, weathered steel and glass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The opportunity lay in rethinking the site entirely, transforming a poorly performing structure into a coherent, high-performing home that enhances both its immediate setting and wider context,” the studios told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The design is organised around a courtyard, establishing a spatial and environmental anchor that brings light, landscape and ventilation deep into the plan,” they added.<\/p>\n

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The living spaces overlook the central courtyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The home’s living, dining and kitchen area overlooks the central courtyard through full-height windows and sliding doors, which open out onto a paved patio beneath a timber pergola.<\/p>\n

On either side, two wings contain a double-height entrance foyer, snug and study to the east and two bedrooms and a gym to the west, with both also having access onto the courtyard.<\/p>\n