The architectural aim of the Romney Marsh Visitors Centre was to fuse material hinterlands into a discernible tectonic language, affording the resultant building with a strong sense of geographical belong-ing. This award-winning project has been described as the “Greenest building in the South East of England” and has served as an exemplar of minimising a building’s impact on the environment. It pursued a deconstruct/reconstruct ethos and fused bio-based materials like Romney Marsh-grown straw bales and Wealden harvested larch and hazel with Dungeness beach shingle. Originally designed for Shepway District Council (now Folkestone & Hythe), the building is now run by Kent Wildlife Trust. Ian McKay worked on the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre during his time as co-director of BBM Sustainable Design.