RIBA House of the Year 2023 shortlist: Hundred Acre Wood

The Royal Institute of British Architects awards the House of the Year annually to the best example of a one-off house designed by an architect in the UK, celebrating excellence and innovation in home design.
Hundred Acre Wood, Argyll and Bute, Scotland by Denizen Works
Paying homage to Scotland’s baronial castles, brochs and tower houses, this silver-grey building, has a sculptural quality. Hunkered into its dramatic setting on the banks of Loch Awe it offers a retreat from the elements.
Appearing ancient and new at the same time, unique interventions include a textured façade made from crushed TV screens - a playful nod to the homeowner’s dislike of TV. A two-meter-wide rooflight lined in gold leaf fills a huge central hall with warm light, while enlarged window frames carefully curate views across the landscape and thick walls with deep reveals add to the spectacular fortress-like appearance.
"Our approach to architecture is to make spaces that move you in some way. I think that good art should provoke and move in the way that this building does." -- Andrew Ingham, Architect and Director, Denizen Works.
"Living here has been more than we could have hoped for. You have a vision of a building, but the reality's always slightly different. It's certainly lived up to all of our expectations and more. Going through that experience can't help but have an impression on you - it's absolutely changed my life." -- David, homeowner.
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