Worl by Foxtail Oak
A circular oak gazebo whose roof spirals in to a round opening you can see the sky through. Made in our workshop in Abergavenny.
Look up
Twenty years ago Josh stood under the Pantheon in Rome and looked up through the opening in its dome. He wanted to make that: a roof whose centre is open to the sky. Worl is how an oak frame does it.
Design visualisation
Make it yours
Pick one of each. When you press Enquire, your choices go into the form below, and we’ll come back with a price for that design.
1 · Size
The 3 m Worl is 3 m across the outside of the posts and 3.2 m tall. The roof overhangs the posts by 150 mm.
2 · Crown
3 · Roof
The roof covering and the crown are separate choices, so any covering can go with an open, clear or cowled crown. Glass is a whole roof in glass.
4 · How you buy it
Your Worl
The roof
Most roofs are carried by a ridge beam, a truss or a post. Worl’s roof is reciprocal. Each rafter rests on the one beside it, all the way round the ring, so the middle is left empty.
“It feels like it shouldn’t work.”
Josh van-Male, standing under the prototype
Origin
A customer asked us for a round oak structure to replace a round metal one. We had been thinking about reciprocal roofs for years with nowhere to use one. The customer changed his mind. By then we wanted to see it, so we built it anyway. It is the first reciprocal roof we have made.
Made in Abergavenny
Air-dried oak, with curved braces and pegged joints, cut and fitted in our workshop in Abergavenny.
See one
Yes. The 3 m Worl is at our workshop near Abergavenny, and you can come and see it by appointment. Pictures only go so far. Looking up is the point.
Visiting FutureScape in October? Come and see the 3 m Worl on our stand.
Before you buy
A 3 m Worl with a Corten steel roof and a clear plastic cover over the crown, supplied and installed on staddle stones, is £17,995 including VAT (about £14,996 plus VAT). Groundwork is not included, and travel is added by distance. A different size, roof, crown or way of buying changes the price, so choose yours above and we’ll give you a figure.
Six weeks from your deposit until it is made and ready to install.
One day to install, once the base is ready.
Often not, but it depends on the size and where it sits in your garden, so check with your council before you order.
Pads or a suitable slab. Your own groundworker can build it, or we can arrange it. If you buy supply only, we give you a base setting-out drawing.
We install it ourselves anywhere in the UK, with travel added by distance. Or we supply it to your own contractor. Either way, structural calculations by our consulting engineer are included.
Half when you order, the other half before delivery or installation.
Enquire
Tell us where you're planning to use Worl and how we can help. Not sure on size or supply route yet? Choose “Not sure”.
Visiting FutureScape in October? Come and see the 3 m Worl, or use this form to start a conversation.
