AR House Awards 2021 results announced, with former car repair shop crowned winner

The Architectural Review has announced the results of the AR House Awards for 2021, recognizing six residential projects from around the world.The winning house was chosen by a judging panel that included three previous AR House finalists: Fernanda Canales, Mexico-based architect, designer, critic, and curator; Tina Gregorič, co-founder of Dekleva Gregorič Architects; and David Leech, founder of David Leech Architects. Winner: El Garaje in Madrid, Spain, by Nomos The top prize this year went to El Garaje, where architects Nomos transformed a car repair shop into a home in Madrid, Spain. Responding to the complex architectural interventions required by the space’s commercial past, including an exposed street-facing entrance, Nomos capitalized on the space’s high ceilings and open plan to create a dynamic affordable home for a young couple.Design interventions include carefully punching new windows into the concrete façade, and retaining the frame of the old garage door, allowing natural light to flood through the deep floor plan via a sequence of aligned doorframes. Judge Fernanda Canales praised the project for how it “rethinks the housing typology as an element to reactivate underused spaces in cities and transform rigid and obsolete infrastructure into lively solutions.” Highly Commended: House Hamburgö in Bohuslän, Sweden, by Manthey Kula Read the full post on Bustler