Michaelis Boyd plants leaf-shaped home in Cotswolds countryside

Leaf-shaped roofs with plant-covered steel stems define this off-grid house in the Cotswolds, UK, designed by architecture studio Michaelis Boyd.
Aptly named Leaf House, the home in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was designed by Michaelis Boyd's co-founder Alex Michaelis for his own family.
Michaelis Boyd has created a leaf-shaped home in the Cotswolds
Described by Michaelis as "deeply rooted in its context", the home's leaf shape emerged not only in reference to the surro