Winner: Existing Building Award
The judges were highly impressed by the sensitivity shown in Coppin Dockray’s modern upgrade of some of the best of 1960s architecture – a small brick and timber house designed by David Levitt and a wood-lined stone studio by Alison and Peter Smithson.
In the house, many sequential changes made over 50 years were removed to express the rigorous architectonic qualities of the original light-weight Douglas fir construction. To open up the main space, the architect removed a late addition bathroom and internal walls and, with bespoke Douglas fir joinery, created a new bedroom and study. All the single-glazed windows were discreetly upgraded with new seals and double-glazed units.
Location Wiltshire
Architect Coppin Dockray
Structural engineer Tall Engineering
Main contractor/builder J & C Symonds
Joinery company Westside Design
Wood supplier Meyer Timber Ltd, SMS Veneering Services, Oscar Windebanks
Wood Species Douglas fir, birch
Highly recommended
Conservation & repair of Harmondsworth Barn
Location Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Architect Ptolemy Dean Architects
Client/owner English Heritage
Structural engineer Historic England
Main contractor and joinery Owlsworth IJP
Wood suppliers Whippletree, Coyle Timber Products
Wood species English Oak