It's a shame that Channel 4 has dropped coverage of this prize. I love the house with its rooms that can be shut off as and when needed. I dislike the open floorplan and seeing the kitchen from the street door.
OK, so I've watched all six videos. Of the six houses shortlisted, two were designed by the architect for the architect. Given the age of the designers of the Peckham House I suspect that they had family help to carry out the work. Another two houses were commissioned by wealthy families using their kids as the designers - a total unrealistic example of how house design works in reality (for them there were no commercial pressures, no time pressures). The Hall seems to be a genuine commercial relationship between architect and client but given the length of the construction programme - 5 years - and the size of the house / extent of the work I would estimate it cost well over £5m. So that just leaves the Farmworker's House which appears to be a normal client / Architect appointment and with a budget that doesn't run into the many millions. So it should win.
Nobody is pretending that these projects are egalitarian. Even the relatively small Peckham House would have cost (my estimate) £1.5m. What I like is the departure from mass housebuilding and the use of different materials that big developer doesn't use even when cheaper.
@eattherich9215 It's RIBA House of the Year so obviously it's just individual bespoke houses like it always is. There's a step between not being "egalitarian" and being so elitist / removed from any normal commercial architectural practice as to make them almost irrelevant as reference points for 99% of the UK population.
this is really excellent work, amazing
It's a shame that Channel 4 has dropped coverage of this prize. I love the house with its rooms that can be shut off as and when needed. I dislike the open floorplan and seeing the kitchen from the street door.
Am I the only person thinking "mosquitoes!!!"? Also that protected sycamore tree has taken a hell of a beating.
Living differently but not overly insensitive to neighbors, remarkable.
More effort could have been extended to contextual setting though.
great house a lot of thought in the details
Super cool!
OK, so I've watched all six videos. Of the six houses shortlisted, two were designed by the architect for the architect. Given the age of the designers of the Peckham House I suspect that they had family help to carry out the work. Another two houses were commissioned by wealthy families using their kids as the designers - a total unrealistic example of how house design works in reality (for them there were no commercial pressures, no time pressures). The Hall seems to be a genuine commercial relationship between architect and client but given the length of the construction programme - 5 years - and the size of the house / extent of the work I would estimate it cost well over £5m.
So that just leaves the Farmworker's House which appears to be a normal client / Architect appointment and with a budget that doesn't run into the many millions. So it should win.
Nobody is pretending that these projects are egalitarian. Even the relatively small Peckham House would have cost (my estimate) £1.5m. What I like is the departure from mass housebuilding and the use of different materials that big developer doesn't use even when cheaper.
@eattherich9215 It's RIBA House of the Year so obviously it's just individual bespoke houses like it always is. There's a step between not being "egalitarian" and being so elitist / removed from any normal commercial architectural practice as to make them almost irrelevant as reference points for 99% of the UK population.
Great use of a small lot. Where do they keep their vehicles/bikes/tools?
Parking will be on the street. Bikes and tools can easily go in a garden shed. Us Brits tend not to have hobby 'workshops'.