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Smith Young Architects’ ‘modern suburban family home’ named RIBA North West Building of the Year 2025

By 2025-05-16T04:00:00

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Other winners include projects by OMA, Sheppard Robson and Cullinan Studio

Vestige, a house in Cheshire designed by Smith Young Architects, has been named RIBA North West Building of the Year 2025.

The two-storey home comprises a rendered ground floor with a timber-clad upper volume and seeks to offer a contemporary reinterpretation of the suburban house. The jury praised the design as an “exemplary prototype for a modern suburban family home” that “delight[s] with clever details”.

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