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| Jul 1, 2014 |
Twenty-three UK projects vie for best new house
Boh staff
By Staff

This year, 23 homes make up the “long list” of finalists for the RIBA’s Manser Medal, which is awarded every year to the best new house designed by an architect in the United Kingdom. The winner will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony on Thursday, October 16. The prize was created in 2001 to celebrate excellence in housing design and was named to honor Michael Manser CBE, a designer of exceptional homes and former RIBA President.

“The 2014 RIBA Manser Medal long list reveals the most innovative, sustainable and beautiful new homes to have been completed in the past year," said Stephen Hodder, President of RIBA. "The exciting line-up is a testimony to the wonderful talent and achievements of some of the UK's best architects."

This year’s judges are Manser; Robert Hiscox, Honorary President of Hiscox; Lady Patty Hopkins and Carl Turner, the 2013 recipients of the Manser Medal; and Tony Chapman, RIBA Head of Awards.

Here’s a look at the houses and architecture firms up for the prize:

Luker House by Jamie Fobert Architects

Tree House by 6a Architects

WoodBlock House by dRMM Architects

Lens House by Alison Brooks Architects

Quarn Lodge by Simon Foote Architects

High Edge by Evans Vettori

New Barn by Rural Office for Architecture

Stormy Castle by Loyn & Co. Architects

Treetops by Howarth Litchfield Partnership

Wildfowl Cottage by 5th Studio

Broombank by SOUP Architects

Private House by James Gorst Architects

The Arboretum by Cowper Griffith

Underbank House by Prue Chiles Architects

121 The Kench by MELOY Architects

Farningham House Cottage by Emrys Architects

Chalk Ridge by SCD Architects

Wedge House by SOUP Architects

Red Bridge House by Smerin Architects

Westering by Annie Martin Architect

Loughloughan Barn by McGarry-Moon Architects

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects

House no 7, Isle of Tiree by Denizen Works

Previous winners include Carl Turner Architects for Slip House (2013), Acme for Hunsett Mill (2010) and Alison Brooks Architects for the Salt House (2007).

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