The Integer Millenium House, Watford

The original INTEGER house was designed for the DTI UK Now exhibition in late 1997. Three months later the BBC's Tomorrows World asked INTEGER to build a full-size working version for a six-part series.

The house went from design to construction to completion to occupation within a period of eighteen weeks. There were no contracts involved. There was no budget as suppliers donated materials, expertise and time free of charge. In the six years since it opened, the INTEGER Millennium House has functioned as a demonstration house, showcasing the origins of the INTEGER concept.

Construction features include: Sustainable materials, turf roof, off-site fabrication, integrated design and procurement, elimination of most of the wet trades, bathroom modules and a central service core.
Environmental technologies include: Heat pump, floor mounted trench heaters, solar panels, grey water system and rainwater collection. For more information go to the Integer web site ......
The bottom two rows of pictures show the external envelope 5 years from construction. Note the differential weathering of the cedar cladding according to degree of overhanging cover.

Architects: Cole Thompson Associates, Bree Day Partnership, Paul Hodgkins Associates
Intelligent Systems: i&i limited
Building Services: Oscar Faber
Structural Engineer: Anthony Ward Partnership
Cost Consultants: The Andrews Partnership