RIBA announces first two House of the Year shortlist candidates

Two projects have been named to RIBA’s influential House of the Year award shortlist. Private residences from Tonkin Liu and Alison Brooks Architects made the first cut for what will likely become a list of seven, according to the institute. Tonkin Liu’s amazing conversion of a decades-old water tower in the Grade-I Listed Castle Acre complex north of Norfolk was the first project to be named. The careful intervention left intact the structure’s rusted exterior while inside, a reconfiguration of the existing materials was arranged using the original exterior bracing structure as support. Read the full post on Bustler

RIBA announces first two House of the Year shortlist candidates

Two projects have been named to RIBA’s influential House of the Year award shortlist.

Private residences from Tonkin Liu and Alison Brooks Architects made the first cut for what will likely become a list of seven, according to the institute.

Tonkin Liu’s amazing conversion of a decades-old water tower in the Grade-I Listed Castle Acre complex north of Norfolk was the first project to be named. The careful intervention left intact the structure’s rusted exterior while inside, a reconfiguration of the existing materials was arranged using the original exterior bracing structure as support. 

Read the full post on Bustler