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The main sponsor of the Downland Prize is Ibstock Brick. |

Overall winner and Winner, Individual House award sponsored by the Management Recruitment Group

Barry Mullin, Westerham, Kent working for The Manser Practice |

Private House, Isle of Wight

Client: Mr and Mrs Thompson

Contractor: John Peck, Isle of Wight

 

This house offers three distinct, yet unified spatial qualities. The mosaic façade stands at the end of a tree-lined drive screening the Solent. The timber-shuttered bedroom block allows for degrees of privacy; and the curved hallway leads to a glass pavilion that is transparent to the water beyond.

Warmth is provided by a ground source heat pump, in summer cooling the floors. All of the external walls are made from lightweight clay blocks, giving high levels of insulation. The glazed pavilion overhangs ensure that solar gain is used during the winter months, but avoided during summer.