RIBA announces House of the Year 2021 longlist

Following last week’s spate of RIBA announcements, the Institute has released its annual House of the Year longlist featuring twenty new residential projects from around the UK. Formerly known as the Manser Medal, the award is considered RIBA’s most prestigious beside the Stirling Prize and has been a launching pad for several prominent designers in the past.

This year’s list includes the 2021 Stephen Lawrence Prize Winner from Tonkin Liu in addition to several other superlative efforts from Turner Works, ACME, and others. 

The shortlist and Grand Prize Winners will be announced during the BBC Channel 4’s Grand Designs: House of the Year program, which will be aired later in the year. 

The complete selection of longlist nominees can be seen below.

Corner House (London) by 31/44 Architects

Devon Passivhaus (Devon) by McLean Quinlan

Grain House (London) by Hayhurst & Co Architects

Harbour House (Hampshire) by John Pardey Architects

House for Theo and Oskar (Surrey) by Tigg + Coll Architects

House in Assynt (Sutherland, Scotland) by Mary Arnold-Forster Architects

House on the Hill (Gloucestershire) by Alison Brooks Architects

House-within-a-House (London) by alma-nac

Hove House (Brighton) by Turner Works

Kyle House (Sutherland, Scotland) by Groves-Raines Architects

The Modern Oast (Kent) by ACME

The Old School (Yorkshire) by ArkleBoyce Architects

The Outfarm (Devon) by TYPE Studio

Pele Tower House (Cumbria) by Woollacott Gilmartin Architects

River House (Berkshire) by John Pardey Architects

Simple House (Cambridge) by Haysom Ward Miller Architects

The Slot House (London) by Sandy Rendel Architects with Sally Rendel

The Water Tower (Norfolk) by Tonkin Liu

Weybridge House (Surrey) by Wilkinson King Architects

Wolds Barn (Yorkshire) by ID Architecture