<ul><li>Local studio Ao-ft has designed Tree Courtyard House, a home with a cross-laminated timber structure in east London.</li><li>The house blends into its surroundings with dark brown-brick walls.</li><li>The design of the house is influenced by the 15-meter-tall London plane tree on the site, with windows and skylights strategically placed to offer views of the tree's foliage.</li><li>The house features a CLT structure, with a mono-pitched roof form and windows positioned higher up to ensure privacy while maximizing daylight.</li></ul>

Ao-ft arranges mass-timber house around contours of London plane tree

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