Best Building: Conservation, alteration, or extension (Projects under £2m construction cost)
In this category there is one winner and two commendations.
Private client
Contractor – Adams and Newman
Architect – Owers Warwick Architects
Quantity Surveyor – Sheriff Tiplady
Structural Engineer – Gawn Associates
Photo © Matthew Smith
Judges’ Comments
“Monkey Roost is an architect-designed 1970s house, with a bold but entirely appropriate extension creating a family home with real character and integrity. The original house has been retained and its features celebrated in a sensitive re-ordering of spaces.
New elements comprise a generous kitchen-living space below, and a Douglas Fir–beamed sitting room with framed views to the countryside beyond. The floor area has been doubled, but a sense of intimacy and charm has been successfully retained. We were delighted by what can be achieved with vision and empathy on a reasonably modest budget.”
