The award winning Welch House is a steel framed house on the water’s edge of the Isle of Wight. Raised seven metres above the ground to take advantage of sea views and approached by a twenty six metre single span carbon-fibre bridge, the envelope of the building is made almost entirely of birch faced plywood. Externally the plywood rain screen is black stained and epoxy sealed; internally plywood floors, walls and ceilings are left natural or stained.