The architects from AR Design Studio, Winchester, have won the Sunday Times British Homes Award for 4 Views, a home designed around the well-being of its occupants.
The 4 Views house by AR Design Studio has won the Sunday Times British Homes Award: a prestigious award for these young architects, Andy Ramus and Laura Locke, which they won for the project that was completed in February 2014.
Everything in this single-family home in Winchester, Hampshire was designed to help restore the health and well-being of its occupants, by focusing on its close connection with nature. The name “4 Views” refers to the fact that the large windows in the grey brick and cedar-clad home give fantastic views in every direction – three across the downs and the fourth into the inner courtyard.
The AR Design Studio project won in the best “one-off-house” category, an award earned also because the clients gave the architects plenty of freedom, allowing them free creative rein to come up with what the clients call a “life experience”. The result is a tangible example of how architecture can have a positive effect on the health and well-being of its users.
“4 Views” has also been shortlisted for the Brick Awards 2014 and the Build It Awards.
(Christiane Bürklein)
AR Design Studio, Winchester, UK
Andy Ramus, Laura Locke
www.ardesignstudio.co.uk
Completion - February 2014
Photographer: Martin Gardner, http://spacialimages.com
Location: Winchester, Hampshire, UK
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