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Houses by four Scottish architects are amongst the seventeen "exceptional" new homes that feature on the longlist for the RIBA Manser Medal 2011 for the best new house or major extension in the UK (in association with HSBC Private Bank). The award is considered to be the UK’s pre-eminent private housing design award.
The 2011 longlist, which was revealed on Thursday 19th May, reveals some of "the most cutting-edge trends in housing design and lifestyle choices and recognises some of the UK’s most talented architects."
The featured Scottish architects are: -
NORD Architecture for their Shingle House, Dungeness, Kent; Sutherland Hussey's Love Shack in the Lake District; Simon Winstanley Architects' The Houl, Castle Douglas; and WT Architecture's White House on the Isle of Coll.
The remaining thirteen houses on the longlist are:
-Balancing Barn, Suffolk by MVRDV in collaboration with Mole Architects
-Bavent House, Suffolk by Hudson Architects
-Blue Door, Monmouthshire by Hall & Bednarczyk Architects
-Carnathan Lane, Northern Ireland by Twenty Two Over Seven
-Hampstead Lane, London by Dugan Morris Architects
-House in Epsom, Surrey by Eldridge Smerin
-Hoxton House, London by David Mikhail Architects
-Meat Factory, Nottingham by Marsh:Grochowski Architects
-New Mission Hall, Sussex by Adam Richards Architects
-Shadow House, London by Liddicoat & Goldhill
-Strange House, London by Hugh Strange Architects
-Ty-Hedfan, Brecon, Wales by Featherstone Young
-Watson House New Forest by John Pardy Architects
Ruth Reed, RIBA President, said:
“The best new private homes are those designed by an architect to meet the client’s personal needs and aspirations and add real value to the homeowner’s life and happiness.
“This year’s longlist for the RIBA Manser Medal in association with HSBC Private Bank recognises some truly exceptional and exciting private houses, with projects located in the farthest reaches of the UK. On the Hebridean Isle of Coll and on the shingle shore of Dungeness young architects have brought old buildings back to life as new homes. In Brecon and Suffolk architects have created exceptionally daring houses with cantilevered floors and structural tricks aplenty. The results - our longlist -are breathtaking, and should lead to the best ever shortlist.”
Shingle House. Photography: Charles Hosea
The Houl. Photography: Andrew Lee
Image and Main Image: The White House. Photography: Andrew Lee