RIBA Manser Medal, Shortlist 2012, UK, Winner, Buildings, Architecture, Projects

RIBA Manser Medal : Shortlisted Buildings + Architects

Royal Institute of British Architects Manser Medal

13 Oct 2012 RIBA Manser Medal Winner 2012 maison L, Yvelines, France architecturespossibles photo : George Dupin maison L Yvelines The brief suggested the L-shaped general plan and the use of an indigenous stone for retaining walls. But it did not suggest half burying a series of interconnecting cave-like rooms, nor the five three-storey board-marked concrete towers that poke out of the rockery roof. This is where the genius of the architect comes in. 13 Sep 2012 RIBA Manser Medal 2012 RIBA Manser Medal 2012 for the best new house - shortlist Two subterranean extensions: one to a gamekeeper’s cottage in Gloucestershire, the other to a French orangery, the imaginative linking of a pair of East Sussex oast houses, the latest architect-designed seaside holiday home to let, and two elegant and sustainable new houses in Cornwall make up the shortlist for the RIBA Manser Medal 2012 for the best new house, the UK’s pre-eminent private housing design award. The houses shortlisted for the 2012 RIBA Manser Medal: • The Dune House in Thorpeness, Suffolk by Jarmund Vigsnaes Architects & Mole Architects • Private house in Gloucestershire by Found Associates • Private house in East Sussex by Duggan Morris Architects • Two Passive Solar Gain Houses, Porthadown, Cornwall by Simon Conder Associates • Maison L, Ile de France by Christian Pottgiesser - Architecture Possibles The Dune House, Suffolk Jarmund Vigsnaes Architects & Mole Architects image : Chris Wright The Dune House Private House, Gloucestershire Found Associates photo © Hufton & Crow House in Gloucestershire maison L, Yvelines, France architecturespossibles photo : George Dupin maison L Yvelines Private house in East Sussex Duggan Morris Architects photos : James Brittain photo : Mark Hadden The RIBA Manser Medal 2012 shortlist has been chosen from winners of RIBA Awards and RIBA regional awards. The winner will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize dinner on 13 September 2012 in Manchester. The winning architect and client will receive trophies designed by the artist Petr Weigl. Previous winners include Hampstead Lane by Duggan Morris (2011), Acme for Hunsett Mill (2010), Pitman Tozer Architects for The Gap House (2009), Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for Oxley Woods (2008) and Alison Brooks Architects for the Salt House (2007). This year’s judges include: Michael Manser CBE, architect; Lady Jill Ritblat; and Tony Chapman, Hon FRIBA, RIBA Head of Awards. Private house, East Sussex Architect: Duggan Morris Architects Client: Private Contractor: Northlake Limited Consultants: Stephen Evans Associates ; Brooks Devlin Contract Value: confidential Date of completion: February 2011 Gross internal area: 433 sqm The project was aimed at creating a unified series of flowing, contemporary spaces linked to the rolling landscape setting. The brief also called for a building with character and personality, respectful of the existing Oast house, and taking advantage of the views. The architects have rediscovered the integrity of the building through careful observation and research and have made the new additions and alterations work harmoniously with the old so as to create a new whole. The original building was given a thorough but sensitive makeover, removing all the accretions of centuries: garage, study and kitchen wing. On their footprint is the new annex. What remained was carefully analysed and repaired appropriately. As a result the shape, form, scale and quality of the two hundred year old building is easily discernible against the new annex. The annex itself is an altogether more sculptural and dynamic form of interconnecting volumes entirely clad in a stable, durable, engineered timber boarding, orientated vertically, in contrast to the rough sawn horizontal ship-lapping timber cladding of the oast barn. Equally, the external massing and form of the building is very much an expression of the internal function of each room. A conflict between the needs of the client and the demands of conservation officials who wanted the replication of a traditional farm building aesthetic has been brilliantly resolved by breaking up and part burying the new building so it appears to be a collection of cellular timber outbuildings dominated by the bulk of the two oast-houses. Yet internally it is quite the reverse. The ‘separate’ barns form a beautiful continuous flowing open plan living area linking into bedrooms in the restored oast-houses. The architects have created a dwelling which reflects an exemplary approach to contemporary rural renovation work; and produced a flexible living environment for a growing family within exceptional surroundings. Two Passive Solar Gain Houses in Porthtowan Avenue 3 Eastcliff, Porthtowan, Truro, Cornwall Architect: Simon Condor Associates Client: Private Structural Engineer: Fluid Structures Contractor: T&D Carter Ltd Contract Value: £ 928,158 Date of completion: February 2012 Gross internal area: 327 sqm These sibling houses – one a family home, the other an artist’s studio at upper ground floor level and guest apartment - are surrounded by a suburban estate of 1950s bungalows yet they overlook the beach in the village of Porthtowan on the north Cornish coast, with views down the coast to St Ives. Clad entirely in timber, including the flat roofs and immaculately detailed, they are created out of a strong, simple and confident diagram which exploits fully the location and the enviable views. Built into the 1 in 7 slope, the project is respectful of its neighbours, nestling into the ground to prevent obstructing their fine sea views. This site strategy also establishes a simple but successful passive sustainable approach: thermal mass, solar gain and natural ventilation each being exploited, with no sense of claustrophobia resulting from the semi-buried forms. A skilful manipulation of plan and section ensures that all main spaces benefit from the expansive views. On this hillside location, a successful balance is achieved between feeling exposed and contained, allowing occupants to enjoy a strong relationship with what, at times, must be very extreme weather conditions, whilst feeling secure and protected. The houses use a combination of fully glazed southern elevations and high mass construction for the remainder of the houses in order to reduce energy costs. Overheating in summer is dealt with by setting back the glazed elevations behind hardwood verandahs which also provide balconies and allow the much lower winter sun to penetrate deep into the two houses. The external cladding, roof decking and verandah structures are all made from FSC certified hardwood which has been left unfinished to weather naturally to a silvery grey. With very low energy consumption, consistent, elegant detailing and construction, these houses are great examples of how thoughtful, modest and economic architecture can create a passive sustainable living environment. In responding to the clients’ very detailed brief, the architect has developed a special home and studio that meets, precisely, their exacting requirements. 19 May 2011 RIBA Manser Medal 2011 RIBA Manser Medal 2011 for the best new house in the UK - longlist Seventeen exceptional new homes form 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 UK’s pre-eminent private housing design award. From small urban homes squeezed into tight city sites to woodland hideaways and dramatic beachfront villas, the 2011 longlist reveals some of the most cutting-edge trends in housing design and lifestyle choices and recognises some of the UK’s most talented architects. Manser Medal 2011 Longlist 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 Love Shack, Lake District by Sutherland Hussey Architects Meat Factory, Nottingham by Marsh:Grochowski Architects New Mission Hall, Sussex by Adam Richards Architects Shadow House, London by Liddicoat & Goldhill Shingle House, Dungeness, Kent by NORD Architecture Strange House, London by Hugh Strange Architects The Houl, Castle Douglas, Scotland by Simon Winstanley Architects Ty-Hedfan, Brecon, Wales by Featherstone Young Watson House New Forest by John Pardy Architects White House, Isle of Coll, Hebrides by WT Architecture 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.” Declan Sheehan, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Private Bank, said: “Our sponsorship of the RIBA Manser Medal reflects our support of excellence in architecture and design, as this year’s longlist highlights the exceptional talent and creative expertise in the UK at present. In our second year of sponsorship HSBC Private Bank is proud to support an award that sees architects and clients working together to create inspirational homes.” The RIBA Manser Medal 2011 longlist has been chosen from winners of an RIBA Award. The shortlist for the medal will be announced on 8 September 2011 and the winner will be announced on 10 November 2011 at a prestigious prize ceremony at the RIBA. The winning architect will receive a trophy commissioned by HSBC Private Bank and a prize of £10,000. Previous winners include Acme for Hunsett Mill (2010), Pitman Tozer Architects for The Gap House (2009), Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for Oxley Woods (2008) and Alison Brooks Architects for the Salt House (2007). This year’s judges include: Michael Manser CBE, architect Friedrich Ludwig, architect with ACME Peter Mackie, Managing Director, Property Vision (subsidiary of HSBC Private Bank) Tony Chapman, Hon FRIBA, RIBA Head of Awards 12 Nov 2010 RIBA Manser Medal Winner Mill house extension on the Norfolk Broads wins RIBA Manser Medal for best new house in the UK photograph : Cristobal Palma Hunsett Mill on the Norfolk Broads by Acme architects has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious Manser Medal 2010 for the best new house or major extension in the UK. The presentation of the award took place at a ceremony at the RIBA last night, at which the winner received an increased prize of £10,000 and a new specially commissioned trophy designed by artist Petr Wiegl from presenter, designer, author and host Kevin McCloud. Acme architects has won the award for its arresting extension to Hunsett Mill, a nineteenth century Grade 2 listed mill keepers house on the Norfolk Broads. Building a major extension that more than doubled the size of the original house on a uniquely picturesque site was challenging.  Acme created an extension in the form of a shadow of the original house, which the judges describe as “more akin to a piece of art than a piece of rural, domestic architecture.” photo : Cristobal Palma Speaking about the winning building Ruth Reed, President of the RIBA said: “Hunsett Mill, like a lot of really good architecture, results from one simple, strong idea.  Instead of creating either a pastiche of the Victorian red-brick cottage, or a self-effacing glass box, the architects’ truly inventive solution was to create a kind of triple-shadow of the original, in black charred timber, crossed by the shadow of the neighbouring windmill’s arms. “A private house commission gives the architect an opportunity to get inside the ambitions of the client and produce a shared personal statement.  It is a building type in which every detail matters and in which they matter to client and architect in equal measure.  Houses like Hunsett Mill do not get built without the extraordinary faith in and commitment to the architects by their clients.  The RIBA is grateful to HSBC Private Bank for its strong support of this award.” Declan Sheehan, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Private Bank, said: “Private homebuilding and redevelopment is becoming increasingly popular with owners expecting more from their homes. Developing your own property means that particular expectations and potentially more difficult requirements can be met, as Hunsett Mill brilliantly demonstrates.  As a bank that offers unrivalled property expertise for private clients, we are delighted to support an award that recognises superb design and innovation.” Hunsett Mill - further information + photos photo : Friedrich Ludewig Previous winners of the RIBA Manser Medal include Pitman Tozer Architects for The Gap House (2009), Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for Oxley Woods (2008) and Alison Brooks Architects for the Salt House (2007). Judges for the RIBA Manser Medal 2010: past RIBA President Michael Manser CBE; HSBC Private Bank’s property expert Peter Mackie, Managing Director of its Property Vision subsidiary; architects Luke Tozer from Pitman Tozer and Deborah Saunt from DSDHA; and the RIBA’s Head of Awards, Tony Chapman. RIBA Manser Medal 2010 Shortlist Citations Bateman's Row, London Architect: Theis and Khan Architects image : Nick Kane Bateman’s Row Furzey Hall Farm, Gloucestershire Architect: Waugh Thistleton Architects image : Will Pryce Furzey Hall Farm Hunsett Mill, Norfolk Architect: Acme photo : Cristobal Palma Hunsett Mill Leaf House, London Architect: James Gorst Architects picture from LEAF Awards Leaf House Martello Tower Y, Suffolk Architect: Piercy Conner Architects with Billings Jackson Industrial Design image : Edmund Sumner Martello Tower Y Zero Carbon House, Birmingham Architect: John Christophers photo © Martine Hamilton Knight Zero Carbon House RIBA Manser Medal information from RIBA 2 Oct 2010 RIBA Manser Medal 2010 RIBA Manser Medal 2010 Shortlist A zero carbon house, two large London homes, a converted Napoleonic defence tower and two major extensions to countryside homes make up the shortlist for the RIBA Manser Medal 2010 for the best new house in the UK in association with HSBC Private Bank. Manser Medal 2010 - shortlisted houses: - Bateman’s Row, London : Theis and Khan - Furzey Hall Farm, Gloucestershire : Waugh Thisleton Architects - Leaf House, London : James Gorst Architects - Hunsett Mill, Norfolk Broads : Acme - Martello Tower Y, Suffolk : Piercy Conner Architects with Billings Jackson Ind. Design - Zero Carbon House, Birmingham : John Christophers The RIBA Manser Medal is chosen from a list of the best RIBA Award winning houses and given to the best one-off new house or major extension designed by an architect in the UK. The winner will be announced at a prestigious prize ceremony at the RIBA on 11 November 2010 and will receive a new trophy commissioned by HSBC Private Bank and an increased prize fund of £10,000. Ruth Reed, RIBA President, said: “Designing houses for private clients is always a great opportunity for architects –especially new or smaller practices – to make their name. Yet it is one of the hardest things to get right. On such personal projects the client is understandably very demanding and will have an idea of where they want to end up even if they are not quite sure how to get there. When the relationship works the results can be astonishing – as this list shows. All of the shortlisted buildings worked within very close constraints – of heritage, space or money to produce the fantastically varied shortlist that we have today.” Declan Sheehan, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Private Bank, said: “The RIBA Manser Medal is a leading accolade for architects of new houses in the UK and highlights our global support of excellence in design. The skill, innovation and creativity demonstrated by the shortlisted architects is inspiring, and something that HSBC Private Bank is delighted to be associated with.” Stirling Prize 2010 RIBA Special Awards RIBA Awards 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize The RIBA Stirling Prize is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. The prize will be presented on 2 Oct 2010 Stirling Prize - Shortlist RIBA Awards - Previous Years RIBA Awards 2009 RIBA Lubetkin Prize RIBA Royal Gold Medal

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