Thames Valley: Two homes in the running for 2016 RIBA House of the Year
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the longlist for the 2016 RIBA House of the Year Award, the UK’s most prestigious award for a new house or extension, and two houses in the Thames Valley are among the 20 architect-designed homes in the running.
These are Cheeran House in Reading, Berkshire, and House 19 in Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire. The respective architects are John Pardey and Jestico + Whiles.
The RIBA House of the Year award will be broadcast as part of a special Channel 4 Grand Designs series, presented by Kevin McCloud.
Now in its second year, Grand Designs: House of the Year, is to be broadcast weekly for four weeks later in the year. Featuring a selection of properties from the longlist for the UK’s most prestigious new house award, it will reveal the shortlisted and winning homes.
