The long list of RIBA House of the Year awards traditionally includes 20 houses. Last year, there were many non-standard buildings on the long list - a tree house, a swamp house, a house “built” into a breaker wall. This season's list of finalists is not extravagant, but it does contain interesting finds. Among the contenders for the victory are a house on the site of a former distillery, a black wooden house (No. 37), built for just £ 100,000, and a barn converted into a cottage.
The award has been presented for 17 years. Until recently, it was called the "Manser Medal" - in honor of the architect Michael Manser, the former president of RIBA, who became famous for his projects of private houses.
RIBA House of the Year was sponsored by Forterra, a major British manufacturer of building materials.
Below are all the houses included in the long list.
House on Usburn Road, Newcastle
Miller Partnership Architects
House in Berkshire
Gregory Phillips Architects
House Black House, Hampshire
AR Design Studio
House Black Stone House, London
6a Architects
Flexible House, London
Amin Taha + Groupwork
Coastal House, Devon
6a architects
Dartmouth Park House, London
AY Architects
Duncan Cottage, Bath
James Grayley Architects
Fitzrovia House, London
Carmody groarke
House of Gin Distillery, London
Open Practice Architecture
Lochside House, Scottish Highlands
HaysomWardMiller Architects
Private house number 37, Belfast
FÄMILY Architects
Oatlands Close House, Surrey
SOUP Architects
Old Shed New House, North Yorkshire
Tonkin liu
House of Pheasants, Buckinghamshire
Sarah Griffiths + Amin Taha
Red House, London
31/44 Architects
Residence in Shropshire
Gregory Phillips Architects
The Makers House, London
Liddicoat & Goldhill
House The Old Court House, Worcestershire
Harrison Brookes Architects
House VEX, London
Chance de Silva & Scanner
