RIBA House of the Year 2024 winner: Six Columns

[@ethereal-fortress39]

this is really excellent work, amazing

[@thudeshreenaidoo3330]

Gorgeous and thoughtful home ❤

[@andyreeves426]

I like that its flexible and functions for the seasons, plus its a home of suitable size for their family and represents most peoples requirements and not the 1%, hence a deserved winner of "house" , the wealthy can have their own competition and battle their oneupmanship

[@graemedawson1509]

Wonderful house…well done 👏👏👏👏

[@Isabelle-cn9ur]

Super cool!

[@hartleyjr]

Am I the only person thinking "mosquitoes!!!"? Also that protected sycamore tree has taken a hell of a beating.

[@KatharineOsborne]

I know! We do get them hear in London and that rain catcher is the perfect breeding ground. Maybe they drop a chlorine tablet in once in a while; enough to kill the mosquito larvae but not enough to kill the plants that use the water.

[@Arctander_]

Great house! Great home! I saw the reference to Aldington before he mentioned it.

[@brennanmartinpeyton]

great house a lot of thought in the details

[@mialy]

OMG I can live here. Loving the light, material mixture and the outdoor garden 🥰

[@eattherich9215]

It's a shame that Channel 4 has dropped coverage of this prize. I love the house with its rooms that can be shut off as and when needed. I dislike the open floorplan and seeing the kitchen from the street door.

[@BlueSaphire70]

I voted for The Hall. I guess I'm too much of a traditionalist! But TBH, all the finalist houses were amazingly well designed and appropriate for their owners, and I guess that's the main thing. Congratulations to the winner!

[@gertkaiser4273]

Loving it. had missed it

[@comealongcomealong4480]

(2mo later) The elephant in the room is the new construction, or second storey extension, visible on the adjoining property. It appeared that the two dwellings may even share a common wall. It just seemed odd to that their 'new kid on the block' neighbour was not referenced.

[@hgtnbugo1750]

Living differently but not overly insensitive to neighbors, remarkable. More effort could have been extended to contextual setting though.

[@ifitistobeitisuptome]

LIKE!

[@lornamarie5544]

Personally I’m not a fan of the unfinished wood but It looks like a great building.

[@steamdrivenandy6880]

I'd love to know what grass was used in the gravel garden as it's given me inspiration but grass spotting isn't my forte.

[@khunjeau8393]

How come non of these houses seem to have solar panels.. How can it be a ‘house of 2024’ and not (for a large part) provide for it’s own energy..?

[@brimans3092]

LOL are you serious? You need to get up to speed... Its post netzero now..

[@DavidGBlair]

How useful are solar panels in England?

[@finaboykm]

Please allow all that wood to “breathe” freely and where you want to touch it while walking about..

[@bradfordbroswtent.8450]

This is a brilliantly designed and made house and home, with all that natural wood within, it would be a shame to paint it, Hopefully it will be left as is.

[@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.

[@eattherich9215]

Nobody is pretending that these projects are egalitarian. Even the relatively small Peckham House would have cost (my estimate) £1.5m. What I like is the departure from mass housebuilding and the use of different materials that big developer doesn't use even when cheaper.

[@hartleyjr]

@eattherich9215 It's RIBA House of the Year so obviously it's just individual bespoke houses like it always is. There's a step between not being "egalitarian" and being so elitist / removed from any normal commercial architectural practice as to make them almost irrelevant as reference points for 99% of the UK population.

[@eattherich9215]

@@hartleyjr: your envy is showing, but the core principles of these houses are things that should be in every newbuild.

[@hartleyjr]

@eattherich9215 Your ignorance is showing - it's always a really lazy trope to cry "envy". These houses would have cost £5-10K/M2. Volume housing developers build for max £2-2.5k/M2. There's nothing they will take from this as their only focus is making money

[@eattherich9215]

You are entitled to your opinion, but it doesn't make you right. You can keep up your babbling, but we are done here.

[@giovannagallottini]

Great use of a small lot. Where do they keep their vehicles/bikes/tools?

[@eattherich9215]

Parking will be on the street. Bikes and tools can easily go in a garden shed. Us Brits tend not to have hobby 'workshops'.

[@rossymcg_mtb_and_ski]

Am i the only one who isnt fond of this house? All cluttered and busy.

[@MichaelBalamwezi]

Houses by the bourgeoisie by the bourgeoisie, prizes for the bourgeoisie given by the bourgeoisie. Absolutely nothing socially useful going here. This is a woefully bankrupt competition. 🥱🤬😡