LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced the longlist for the 2019 RIBA House of the Year.
Among the 20 projects in the running to win the UK’s most prestigious award for a new house or extension are a:
• Cork-built home in the grounds of a listed mill in Berkshire (Cork House) • Highly-sustainable self-build Passivhaus in East Sussex (Hill House Passivhaus) • New home occupying the footprint of two garages in Kensington, London (Earl’s Court house) • Converted Arts and Crafts stable block in Llanhennock (Silver How)
The 20 longlisted homes are:
• Black House (Armadale, Isle of Skye) by Dualchas
• Cork House (Berkshire) by Matthew Barnett Howland with Dido Milne & Oliver Wilton
• Earl’s Court house (London) by Sophie Hicks Architects
• The Ghost House (Stratford-upon-Avon) by BPN
• The Green House (Tiverton) by David Sheppard Architects
• Hampshire House by Niall McLaughlin Architects
• Hannington Farm (Northamptonshire) by James Gorst Architects
• Hill House Passivhaus (East Sussex) by Meloy Architects
• House in a Garden (London) by Gianni Botsford Architects
• House Lessans (Saintfield, Northern Ireland) by McGonigle McGrath
• Kenwood Lee House (London) by Cousins & Cousins
• Lark Rise (Buckinghamshire) by bere:architects
• Max Fordham House (London) by bere:architects
• Nithurst Farm (West Sussex) by Adam Richards Architects
• Pocket House (London) by Tikari Works
• A Restorative Retreat (Sartfell, Isle of Man) by Foster Lomas
• Secular Retreat (Devon) by Peter Zumthor & Mole
• Silver How (Llanhennock, Wales) by Hall + Bednarczyk
• South London House (London) by Jonathan Pile
• Stackyard (Derbyshire) by James Boon Architects
The shortlist and winner of the 2019 RIBA House of the Year will be revealed in the fifth series of Channel 4’s Grand Designs: House of the Year TV series, airing later this year.
