The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the longlist for the 2017 RIBA House of the Year Award, the UK’s most prestigious award for a new house or extension.
Highlights this year include:
- a self-build treehouse in Dorset - complete with its own suspension bridge and slide Woodsman's Treehouse
- a striking, contemporary brick house with full-height picture windows in a north London conservation area (Highgate House)
- a quirky cork-clad holiday home that floats above Essex marshland (Redshank)
- a modern country house in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds (Oxfordshire residence)
- a contemporary house hunkered into the hills over the White Cliffs of Dover (Ness Point)
- a refurbishment and extension of a Scottish steading built into the sea wall at Musselburgh (Edinburgh Rd)
The 2017 RIBA House of the Year longlist:
| House | Architects | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Peacock House |
BHSF Architekten with Studio-P |
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England |
|
2 |
Redshank |
Lisa Shell Architects Ltd with Marcus Taylor |
St Osyth , Essex, England |
|
3 |
Shawm House |
MawsonKerr Architects |
West Woodburn, Northumberland, England |
|
4 |
No 49 |
31/44 Architects |
Hither Green, London |
|
5 |
The Cooperage |
Chris Dyson Architects |
Clerkenwell, London |
|
6 |
Hidden House |
Coffey Architects |
Clerkenwell, London |
|
7 |
Whole House |
Hayhurst and Co. |
Balham, London |
|
8 |
6 Wood Lane |
Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects |
Highgate, London |
|
9 |
Highgate House |
Carmody Groarke |
Highgate, London |
|
10 |
Cob Corner |
David Sheppard Architects |
Ivybridge, Devon, England |
|
11 |
Hill House |
Mike Keys and Anne Claxton |
Bath, England |
|
12 |
The Quest |
Strom Architects |
Swanage, Dorset, England |
|
13 |
Woodsman's Treehouse |
Brownlie Ernst and Marks Limited |
Thorncombe, Dorset, England |
|
14 |
Oxfordshire Residence |
Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP with Berman Guedes Stretton |
Oxfordshire, England |
|
15 |
Caring Wood |
James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell |
Near Maidstone, Kent, England |
|
16 |
South Street |
Sandy Rendel Architects Ltd. |
Lewes, East Sussex, England |
|
17 |
Ness Point |
Tonkin Liu |
Dover, Kent, England |
|
18 |
Newhouse of Auchengee |
Ann Nisbet Studio |
Ayrshire, Scotland |
|
19 |
Edinburgh Rd |
A449 Architects |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
|
20 |
Fernaig Cottage |
Scampton and Barnett Architects |
Wester Ross, Scotland |
The RIBA House of the Year shortlist and winner will be announced this autumn.
ENDS
Notes to editors:
- For further press information contact Howard Crosskey in the RIBA press office:
howard.crosskey@riba.org | +44 (0)20 7307 3761 - The RIBA House of the Year award is awarded every year to the best new house or house extension designed by an architect in the UK. It was created in 2001 and for many years presented by the RIBA as the Manser Medal. Previous winners include Richard Murphy Architects for Murphy House (2016), Skene Catling de la Peña for Flint House (2015) and Loyn & Co for Stormy Castle (2014).
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