AR House Awards shortlists 15 homes demonstrating 'resourcefulness, imagination & optimism'

Fifteen residential designs from around the world have made the shortlist for the Architectural Review's latest AR House awards competition. 

The panel of judges this year included Stephanie Davidson (co-founder of Davidson Rafailidis, winner of AR House 2020: Big Space, Little Space); Lina Ghotmeh (founder of Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture); and Daniel Tudor Munteanu (founder and editor of the research project OfHouses).

Per the Architectural Review, "The judges were more interested in ‘social and political relevance’ than ‘the beauty of details and spaces’. They looked for projects that demonstrated ‘resourcefulness, imagination, and optimism’, while providing ‘intimacy and a feeling of home’. They paid particular attention to architects ‘working with what’s at hand’ and ‘giving agency to existing buildings, without passing judgement’."

The winning house will be announced later this month — stay tuned to find out here. 

The shortlisted designs for 2023 are:

• Low Energy House by Architecture for London in the UK
• Haus Hoinka by Atelier Kaiser Shen in Germany
• Terraced House by Atelier Luke in Japan 

• Back of the House by Bangkok Project Studio in Thailand
• 102LET by Barrault Pressacco in France
• Mr Barrett’s House by Bureau in Switzerland 

• Home modifications for low-income families by Domat in Hong Kong
• Shinmika Villa Tamashiro by ISSHO Architects in Japan
• Housing for rubber workers by Manuel Cervantes Estudio in Mexico 

• Small House by MOCT Studio in the UK
• Yang’s Residence in Guiliu Village by Mume Design in China
• Fohlenweg by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects in Germany 

• House 14a by Pihlmann Architects in Denmark
• Copas by Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados (PPAA) in Mexico
• Itu House by RADDAR in Brazil