RIBA House of the Year 2024 shortlist: Peckham House

[@sawboards]

my studio is in the car park next door, i walk past this place every day! i always really appreciate this house, and have always been jealous of that roof garden

[@annakavan1869]

I am sorry to read this… studio,

[@lomalinke5042]

This is a piece of art with place for lovely people in it. Beautiful. Like a hug that became architecture.

[@daniadejonghe4980]

@@lomalinke5042 nice 😊

[@Loupdelou-ly1ve]

It's a fantastic house but that rooftop is a dream! A dream!!! 💚🖤💚🖤 And... no pretentious architect speak - it was a pleasure to listen to the description of the build.

[@ceridwen888]

How beautifully the scoop in the wooden fence mirrors the window in the front door & complements the arched entrance.

[@SR-007]

Wow! Clever design top to bottom. A joy to look around! Well done Surman Weston! This would be a well deserved winner.

[@777greglee]

The house is lovely but what really stands out is the humility and warmth of the people involved.

[@daniadejonghe4980]

I love your home.... I think it is possibly the loveliest house I have ever seen in the way the space flows, the design flows and the light flows through it.

[@AWAL76]

Now that's a real home! One that will only get better and better with time. Well done guys.

[@iliapetrovic3582]

Everything I dream of in a home, I especially love the greenhouse on the roof and the kitchen being out of the eye line of the reception. Great use of space…(and the builders pulley) ❤

[@GaryJohnWalker1]

Very nice. This style would make an attractive yet unobtrusive terrace of houses.

[@Isabelle-cn9ur]

🤩😍💯👍👍👍 The pattern of the brick work is awesome! Full of super beautiful ideas in this architectural work...

[@Dogsnark]

I LOVE this house! What a wonderful design. The use of materials inside and out is inspiring. Congratulations to all involved with bringing this house into being!

[@LaurenPlitUK]

Yay for interesting brick work again! I feel like we just don’t see enough of it these days. Lovely home, I hope it brings you all the joy.

[@diveinnjim]

A bricklayers nightmare but the result is fantastic, well done everyone involved in this project,

[@1midnightfish]

I was actually wondering if this may have been a dream job for a team of bricklayers... more interesting than what they normally get to do, and it would have paid even better because of the added complexity.

[@RR4kindness]

LOVE!! such a beautiful home!! I love everything about it and find it completely inspired and inspiring! Love how it harmonises with it's surroundings yet brings an unconventional beauty. Just awesome!!

[@georginafox2263]

I’ve watched all of the short list and I think this one is my favourite!

[@boshenaw.929]

This house is amazing in soooo many ways! I love that it merges all the different styles around the place, recycling and reusing materials and the atmosphere PLUS the rooftop garden! Just WOW! If I ever build a house, I will be definitely hiring you guys!!! Love, love, love...

[@daviddenman1438]

Spectacular. You must be so proud of what you created. Looks like a joy to raise a family in

[@Rndmflw]

There ya go, that's some good design. Nice job chaps!

[@MisterStuzy]

Beautiful and shows a nod to the local vernacular doesn’t mean pastiche

[@gregh378]

Wow, I love everything about this house. The echoes of semicircles from the front door to kitchen is sublime.

[@nazifaislam6636]

Love the incorporation of an additional outdoor space in little London. Local authorities should take note - this could be a solution to places that can't have gardens due to space - or just being able to make larger living spaces because the garden can now be on the roof! More houses like this please!

[@HiKasandra]

Wow! Living in so much space definitely gives one a sense of safety without having to worry about neighbours! Wishing the family generations of joy living there! XO

[@AdamDadeby]

What a beautiful, original building!

[@michalcohenac]

You can sense the pride they take in the local workmanship and local style and influences, seamlessly blending into the environment. My fav!

[@anattacartier2815]

Wow! Absolutely beautiful brickwork.

[@Diaspora1984]

What a beautiful home - huge congratulations - very Inspirational !

[@brijnich]

nice project, love the lift

[@atoms-to-atoms]

Well done...lots to like...certainly optimized the site... brick work is sublime...

[@DrRichardMarques]

Really great! Rooftop is amazing!! 🌟

[@paulaspinall919]

Beautiful house. Love its situation. Quirky and functional and doesn’t cover two football pitches or cost £2m.

[@seamushyland8086]

Superb. So many ideas match our house the Planterbox house in Kuala Lumpur including the sliding access to the roof. Envious of the wood. Congratulations on the award. A real home.

[@mariejacobs9721]

Very interesting brickwork, and a roof garden. Nice!

[@sdvinteriors_designstudio]

The brickwork is superb 👏

[@davidfoster-smith211]

wonderful, thoughtful design :)

[@danaesquires7571]

It’s wonderful. What a wonderful house.

[@aletverster]

What an incredible project, well done to the architects (and the architect's family)!

[@manzar42]

beautiful use of space, just excellent in every way!

[@idskeplug344]

Well done …..you are very fortunate to have had this experience of building and living in a real home.

[@vnkman4391]

great. Nice to see some toys about. Its a real used space.

[@kaydesign]

Wat a joyful design! Compliments! 👏🏆

[@sbrewster1653]

Really lovely inside and out.

[@shuhel02]

There architects here 'smashed it'

[@jonr6680]

6:21 Living in my to-do list. Yep that's how it is. Somehow this guy finished his tho. Top job, hope it wins.

[@ullibowyer]

Final point on the to-do list, win RIBA prize ☑️

[@siwi666]

Truly stunning compassionate architecture, congratulations.

[@giorgiaveneziano4054]

This is simply beautiful👏🏻

[@poohbear6759]

It's a triumph! Well done to all concerned. I hope you did or do win house of the year.

[@nadineanderson7877]

Brilliant, just brilliant I love it.

[@Skarkez555]

Super stylish house with a lot of thought that has gone in. Love it. Would have been nice to know the sq footage

[@adadeprwz7211]

Quelle magnifique maison, aménagée avec un goût exquis. Et ce rooftop est un rêve ❤️.

[@bethduffus4598]

This is really beautiful.

[@livewellarchitecture]

Really love this. Great Architecture

[@lostgleammedia]

Exceptional, how everyone should be living by now

[@SiarlW]

What a dream. Loved watching

[@robpower100]

absolutely brilliant build.

[@paulthomas318]

That end-cut flooring is both inspired and mesmerisingly beautiful ❤️

[@gregh378]

I've made chopping boards that way in my workshop and had plenty of related headaches... I can't even fathom making a whole floor that way 😂

[@549RR]

They really did manage to somehow reconcile the brutalist car park, victorian row & council townhouses. Lovely, context sensitive work.

[@hartleyjr]

OK, so I've watched all six videos. Of the six houses shortlisted, two were designed by the architect for the architect. Given the age of the designers of the Peckham House I suspect that they had family help to carry out the work. Another two houses were commissioned by wealthy families using their kids as the designers - a total unrealistic example of how house design works in reality (for them there were no commercial pressures, no time pressures). The Hall seems to be a genuine commercial relationship between architect and client but given the length of the construction programme - 5 years - and the size of the house / extent of the work I would estimate it cost well over £5m. So that just leaves the Farmworker's House which appears to be a normal client / Architect appointment and with a budget that doesn't run into the many millions. So it should win.

[@RomyHouston-y9v]

When you are lucky enough to live in a house like this…life IS better!

[@SP-ki5gn]

Very nice job! I'm surprised the stay-on lime mortar under the stairs doesn't crack, is some kind of latex added?

[@VeronicaAlessandrello]

Nicely done. What I liked most is the texture the bricks gives to the exterior walls. As a knitter, it looks like a wool jumper knitted with a nice relaxed tension. 🧶🤩✨👍🙏

[@coffeedudeguy]

The exterior looks like a giant cute picnic basket

[@PUMIC]

Excellent in every respect 👌

[@flamefox8989]

Much as I love interesting architecture. I can't help thinking about how even basic home ownership is becoming an unreachable dream in so many affluent western countries. There is certainly a growing problem of homelessness here in Australia, with even people in employment unable to secure affordable rental 😢

[@mialy]

This is a beautiful home 😍

[@sersahkombos]

Absolutely beautiful. Well done guys!

[@toddcain553]

Nicely done!

[@o2kala649]

The round windows and doors is a nice homage to Dorich House

[@BunnyYotsi]

they kept the mature trees which is essential .

[@lucym5163]

Beautiful!

[@cpanczak]

Lovely, excellent design

[@shekrahman2118]

This is stunning!.

[@TheFiown]

Beautiful house, bravo !

[@DL10663]

I’d love to know how much the build cost! If anyone has any idea? Without site cost

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Would imagine the land would’ve been eye watering.

[@eattherich9215]

@@phoenix-xu9xj: agreed. Land is by far the biggest outlay.

[@francescocuturi5452]

what a nice brick box

[@calum.buchanan]

Very well done

[@eattherich9215]

@0:35, I love the brickwork. I'm not sure that I like the big plain windows, but here are plenty of other elements to offset them.

[@hartleyjr]

Does the greenhouse cover to the stair well not bleed heat in winter? Obviously single skin, intrigued to know how this got past regs given heat will shoot up the stair well owing to stack effect...

[@Fionnualagh]

You’ve done a great job

[@susangladstone357]

Wow! Lovely

[@Tuckerz5d]

Sweet, just a great place to live…..

[@slozenger9000]

A small detail... but how did they get approval for such a high front garden fence?

[@richardpollitt462]

Smugness has definitely hit level 10 here. Bet the neighbours on the local council estate are very welcoming. :)

[@davidowen2396]

stunning

[@herokindon]

loads to appreciate here, but what kept capturing my attention throughout the film was the exterior brickwork, which to me looked like a weave , I dunno if that lands with anybody else ?

[@NinivehGaia]

❤ beautiful 😍

[@koukouvania]

love it!!

[@francoiseclement6911]

Magnifique 💚💚💚

[@vanessalackford4425]

Love this.

[@nr68-68]

How much is it cost to build?

[@Peter-gw6ur]

This is well cool

[@hifiandmtb]

Terrific.

[@RAA_1984]

Супер!

[@choolmann]

tresè mignon et original

[@talloolahmoon]

Lovely

[@lizscott6911]

Fab

[@Peroniriserva]

Brave living there.

[@jchanning3846]

Beautiful house. But the kitchen sink is definitely in the wrong place. Such a shame. So near perfection.....

[@marshallandnadinecuenca]

You would have more space if you removed some of the clutter.

[@Lyonessi]

Quite a lovely design but everyone looked deflated talking about it 😅