'caring wood' country house crowned RIBA house of the year 2017 Country house, English country

Completed in 2017 in Kent, United Kingdom. Images by James Morris, Heiko Prigge. Caring Wood is an extensive country home for three generations of the same family, incorporating formal, communal. James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell 's reimagining of the English country house, "Caring Wood," has been selected as the 2017 RIBA House of the Year, bestowed annually by the Royal.

Caring Wood Named House of The Year 2017 in UK

Inspired by the traditional oast houses of Kent, the agricultural buildings for kilning hops, Caring Wood revives local building crafts and traditions including locally sourced handmade peg clay tiles, locally quarried ragstone and coppiced chestnut cladding. The house comprises four towers, with interlinking roofs like markers in the landscape. And so to Caring Wood, a 1,450m² country house near Leeds in Kent, designed by James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell. The house was commissioned by James Macdonald Wright's parents-in-law, who are notable figures in publishing, music and the arts.. Caring Wood has three fundamental purposes: to provide self-contained 100m² wings to. The shortlist for the RIBA House of the Year 2017 has been announced over four episodes of the Channel 4 programme Grand Designs: House of the Year presented by Kevin McCloud. Caring Wood was. Caring Wood. Location: Kent, UK. Year: 2016. Caring Wood is an extensive country home for three generations of the same family, incorporating formal, communal and private spaces. Set in thirty hectares of the Weald of Kent its brief was to embody the spirit of the English country house and estate in a design which would embrace its context and.

Caring Wood Residence South East England, Leeds earchitect

1/11 Caring Wood by Macdonald Wright Architects. Three generations live under one roof in this sustainably minded home that breaks from the norm of the picturesque English countryside. At around 1,450 sq m Caring Wood House is a substantial property. It sleeps at least 15, has a large entertaining space and sits in its own 84 acres of Kent countryside. But at this point, the similarities with many other English country houses start to fall away. This 21st-century take on an oast-house complex is no flashy gesture à la. Caring Wood is an extensive country home for three generations of the same family, incorporating formal, communal and private spaces. Set in 84 acres, its brief was to embody the spirit of the English country house and estate in a design that would embrace its context and landscape, while providing a carbon-neutral response to climate change. The story behind the contemporary English country house, winner of RIBA House of the Year 2017, as told by the client himself. Caring Wood in Kent, unlike most houses, is built for multiple generations of a growing family allowing grandparents, parents, children, siblings and cousins to reside under one roof - cleverly accommodating their.

Caring Wood Residence South East England, Leeds earchitect

Caring Wood in Kent , a house seven years in the making and, at 1,450 sqm (not counting a separate estate manager's house), about 13 times an average three-bedroom home, can - large and. In Channel 4's four-part series, Grand Designs: House of the Year, architects James MacDonald-Wright and Niall Maxwell were crowned winner's of the RIBA House of the Year 2017 award for their project, Caring Wood. Built over 1450 sqm of Kent countryside, Caring Wood is an extraordinary home. British architect James Macdonald Wright of Macdonald Wright Architects worked with Niall Maxwell of Rural Office for Architecture on the design for Caring Wood house, which provides a residence. contemporary clay-clad country house crowned UK's best new residence. designed by james macdonald wright and niall maxwell, a contemporary vision of the english country house has been crowned RIBA.

Caring Wood, Kent review rebirth of the English country house Art and design The Guardian

Caring Wood is a country home for three generations of the same family, incorporating formal, communal and private spaces. Set in 84 acres its brief was to embody the spirit of the English country house and estate in a design which would embrace its context and landscape, while providing a carbon neutral response to climate change.. Caring Wood, the winner of the 2017 RIBA Grand Designs House of the Year, as visited by presenter Michelle Ogundehin. Architects James MacDonald Wright and N.