Type Studio and Mary Arnold-Forster become House of the Year finalists
By Jim Dunton2021-12-02T06:00:00
Sustainable Scottish home and Devon stone barn conversion join fray for 2021 RIBA domestic architecture award
A sustainably built timber home in Sutherland and the conversion of an early 19th-century stone barn in Devon are the latest projects to be added to the shortlist for RIBA House of the Year 2021.
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects’ House in Assynt is a 100sq m timber home with spectacular views of the west coast of Scotland.
RIBA’s award jury said arriving at the property was “an unforgettable experience” with a sense of anticipation built up by the “tortuous nature of the road” to the house and and the seemingly inaccessible location of the site.
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