O
ver the past few months some of the UK’s most extraordinary new houses have been battling it out to win the top architectural prizes for home design. One of the names that has frequently been in the frame is Outhouse in Tintern Parva, designed by Loyn & Co Architects. This stunning home, designed for a couple of retired artists, has scooped a regional prize in the awards organised by architecture body RIBA, it was the only home to make the shortlist for the RIBA’s prestigious Stirling Prize, and it won the Manser Medal in the 2016 British Homes Awards. This low- lying, environmentally friendly property, which is both family home and studio, was also voted the favourite new British building by readers of BBC news.
So what makes an award winner? That becomes clear when you look more closely at Outhouse, and the other shortlisted homes in the Manser Medal. Named in honour of RIBA Past President Michael Manser CBE RA who sadly passed away last year, the Medal was first presented in 2001 to encourage innovation in house design and to demonstrate how social and technological aspirations can be met by intelligent design. It is now presented annually in association with the Sunday Times British Homes Awards, with the winner receiving a £5,000 prize fund. Jonathan Manser, managing director of The Manser Practice commented: “My father is honoured that a Medal was introduced in his name to recognise design excellence in one-off home design. Since Cezary Bednarski’s inaugural win in 2001 subsequent winning architects have earned industry acclaim and public recognition and helped their business. I am delighted with the plans to further build on this successful legacy with the Medal now enjoying an even bigger profile as an integral part of the highly respected British Homes Awards with the Sunday Times and with the added attraction of a prize fund for the winning architect”
Loyn + Co Architects: Outhouse, Tintern Parva
The judges enjoyed its multi-facetted appeal: a classic modernist construct with a timeless quality but robust and capable of being inhabited and evolving; an energy efficient exemplar of controlled environment but at one with the landscape and allowing changing weather and light conditions to be experienced through diversity of windows, rooflights and internal courtyards; apparently a house embedded in the hillside with a single long façade opening to the striking view, but whose soul equally derives from the layering of views through courtyards of differing characters and potential functions. The layout and material quality had rigour but was relaxed, the effect was both relaxing and intensely stimulating.
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