Wednesday, 25 November 2015

House of the Year is Flint House: 'a miracle house that shows the whole of geological evolution'

There's been a lot of interest in Channel 4's House of the Year:
Grand Designs: House of the Year 2015: see the stunning houses from the final episode | TV | Staying In | London Evening Standard
Grand Designs Home of the Year heads for the countryside | Daily Mail Online
Kevin McCloud: Britain's best houses of 2015 - Telegraph 

 At the very beginning of the series, we saw an extraordinary house made of flint:
Grand Designs: House of the Year - Country Living - All 4

 This evening, it won the prize:
Grand Designs: House of the Year - The Final - All 4

Flint House: the building that must be stroked

It’s a miracle house that shows the whole of geological evolution. 


Flint House: the building that must be stroked | Art and design | The Guardian

 This tweet is from the Royal Institute of British Architects:

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    Great to hear the beguiling Flint House by has been named house of the year! Here's my review
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    Skene Catling De La Peña’s Flint House named RIBA House of the Year
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RIBA (@RIBA) | Twitter

 Rather different to the 'flint' cladding for the proposed new build at Knowle:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project >>> Pegasus plans in full >>> "very imposing and brutal"
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