Bedfordshire office Nicolas Tye Architects set about building this new studio for themselves when the company outgrew a space in the director’s home.

Called The Long Barn Studio, the building takes the form of a glass box with larch-clad ends.

The south facade features a series of ‘pods’, also clad in larch, that contain a library, reprographics area, toilets and meeting room.

Designed to house a team of up to twelve people, the design features Corten steel detailing and limestone flooring.

It also incorporates a wind turbine, rainwater harvesting, reed-bed sewage treatment, compost facilities and a staff vegetable garden.

The project was nominate for the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize in 2009.