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00:00Hola.
00:04¡Gosh!
00:04How have I missed you.
00:06Pero ahora, el Royal Instituto de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de la Universidad de Madrid
00:11Este es aquí.
00:13Y tenemos más poderososolanos para mostrarles que siempre antes.
00:16También hemos sido completamente establecido.
00:19Así que la videografía, por ejemplo, es ahora más bien y más respetable de contexto.
00:26¡No es lo que hay!
00:27Oh, and the houses, well, they are, of course, truly exceptional.
00:32They are completely out of this world.
00:36Where are you, you little bastard?
00:42The show that celebrates the UK's favourite pastime,
00:46snooping around other people's homes, is back.
00:49What is that?
00:50And the fixtures have never been more artisanal.
00:54It's like one of those kind of things at the dentist,
00:56where you have, you know, they do an extra.
00:57They all leave the room.
00:59The judges have hand-picked a long list
01:01of Britain's most awe-inspiring new buildings.
01:04Don't just come off this very British street
01:05into something that is from the other side of the planet.
01:08These are all houses that'll take your breath away.
01:11I mean, what the heck?
01:13The judges will have the hard task of whittling them down
01:16to a short list of just seven.
01:18It's just so complicated.
01:20There are so many things at play.
01:22And in the final programme,
01:24we'll find out which of these will be crowned
01:26House of the Year 2025.
01:30The stakes are high.
01:32The ceilings are even higher.
01:34Welcome to House of the Year 2025.
01:36I've taken all the long-listed houses we're looking at
02:02and divided them into four categories.
02:05In later episodes, we'll discover homes
02:07that make you feel like you're on holiday,
02:10houses that are remarkable transformations,
02:13and homes that demonstrate exceptional craftsmanship.
02:18Exploring these with me
02:20is the architect Damien Burrows.
02:22Oh, this is breathtaking.
02:25And the conservation architect, Natasha Huck.
02:28Oh, look at this place.
02:30It's just so welcoming.
02:32This time, we'll be looking at houses
02:34that are built against all the odds.
02:37And if Grand Designs has taught me anything
02:39over the past 25 years,
02:40it's that the odds are hugely stacked
02:42against the self-builder.
02:43In fact, I don't understand
02:45why anybody tries to build anything ever, anywhere.
02:48But for those plucky, fearless,
02:52sometimes hapless individuals
02:53who do embark on the architectural journey,
02:56the results can be life-changing.
03:02Our first long-listed home, built against the odds,
03:07sits in the remote Outer Hebrides on Harris,
03:10a rugged island off the west coast of Scotland.
03:12This is Kirken-le-Kraig,
03:18a jewel-like home built beside the water
03:20and through nine savage storms.
03:29The house is compact and efficient,
03:32centred on a bright, open, plan kitchen and living space.
03:37Off this is a quiet bedroom,
03:39a single bathroom, a utility room.
03:42All neatly arranged with no need for corridors.
03:46It was the work of a brave couple.
03:50It's architects, Ailey, and her partner, Jack,
03:54who built it by hand.
03:57First date, we were just trying to suss each other out
03:59and Jack had asked some, like, background questions.
04:02And at the time, I had just been given the keys to a flat,
04:04my first flat that I'd bought,
04:05and I needed a kitchen made.
04:07And so I had asked Jack to make a kitchen.
04:09I was interested in architecture,
04:10but I don't think I'd ever met an architect.
04:12It was quite mysterious, actually.
04:13Ailey had been to Japan and to Norway
04:16and, you know, done all these amazing things.
04:18They moved to the island after falling in love with it when visiting.
04:22While they planned the project,
04:24they rented and got their first taste
04:26of the challenges of building here.
04:29I think we're up home.
04:31Call it a day then.
04:32We went through one of the first-named storms there.
04:36This was a traditional stone house,
04:37and the house was shaking.
04:39The roof blew off.
04:41The polytunnel at the back flew away.
04:43We were actually nervous our car was going to roll.
04:45I think it was gusting every 100 miles an hour.
04:48It was quite a welcome to the island.
04:54Ailey had a strong vision of how to make something
04:57that would belong in this place.
04:59We knew that we wanted to be working with the stone,
05:01and with the materials from the landscape.
05:03Easier said than done, of course.
05:05But their friend, Dan, a stonemason,
05:08took on that hard task with relish.
05:10We were working with something called Louisian Nice,
05:13and that is incredibly dense and incredibly heavy.
05:19So the first few days,
05:21trying to get my body conditioned
05:23to be able to just lump that stuff around,
05:25it was really, really difficult.
05:27It was really, really tough going.
05:28It was so hard to cut that Dan decided to go to the quarry
05:34to find the size of stone he needed,
05:36meaning less to chisel away at.
05:39All this lumping stone around had a strong effect on him.
05:43I started the job slightly rotund.
05:46We'd just had our wee boy,
05:48so I'd have what you'd call a bit of a dad bod.
05:51But by the time I'd finished,
05:53I had lost a fair bit of weight.
05:55I was a different man coming out than I was going in.
05:58I would recommend it,
05:59if you're looking to lose weight,
06:00come and spend three months on the island
06:01building Louisian Nice,
06:03and that'll sort you right out for sure.
06:04This ancient rock,
06:09Louisian Nice,
06:10is what the whole island is made from.
06:13And there was also a great big lump of it
06:16right in the middle of where Ailey and Jack were building.
06:19So Ailey made a big design decision.
06:23We decided to actually work with it.
06:25Using the area that we had around this rock
06:27created this 135 degree angle.
06:29Inside, this unusual shape
06:33makes the small house feel bigger.
06:36It opens it up with angled views
06:38through to other rooms.
06:42The RIBA judges admired this compact yet generous home
06:47where each space has a different character.
06:51You can see through from the living space
06:54into the kitchen space
06:55whilst they are still separate.
06:56So that's really successful.
06:58Each one of the rooms spans directly
07:01off of a centralised living room
07:02and it's making the most of the space
07:04within a very, very small house.
07:06So there's no circulation.
07:10They managed to build
07:12this extraordinarily beautiful place
07:14for just £167,000
07:17by designing and building it themselves,
07:21living on site as they were building.
07:23It was a really intense period
07:25and we were working flat out
07:26six days a week,
07:2712 hours a day
07:29just to get it finished.
07:32He had a big beard,
07:34my hair was long,
07:35I was sharing my caravan with my dog.
07:37We didn't have a shower on site
07:38so we had to drive in
07:39and have a shower
07:40every couple of days.
07:41So it was extreme living,
07:42I would say.
07:43Went slightly feral
07:44towards the end of things,
07:45opening the door of your caravan
07:46and pissing out into the wind in the neck.
07:49Not only that,
07:50they were also under attack
07:51from the local wildlife.
07:53The midges got so bad on one occasion.
07:56I do remember we were under siege in a caravan for most of the afternoon
08:00and you've never seen anything like this.
08:03It was just outrageous.
08:04I mean,
08:04there was a dense cloud of midges
08:07just hanging outside the window,
08:09climbing through the window.
08:11It was just too difficult
08:12and you'd never think
08:13that you'd have to take an afternoon off
08:15just for little insects.
08:17It was just crazy.
08:19But for Jack, Dan, Ailey
08:22and her brother who helped,
08:24every bite,
08:25every sore muscle,
08:26every night going to bed
08:28soaked to the bone
08:29was worth it.
08:32What I'm most proud of
08:33is the fact that we've done it.
08:35Yeah.
08:37We kind of set out to do this
08:38without knowing what we wanted to achieve.
08:40We wanted to do a really nice design
08:42we wanted to have a place
08:43that we could live ourselves
08:44that reflected our values,
08:45our ethos,
08:47how we practice.
08:48We ask clients to take the risk every day in our work
08:51and so if we can't do it,
08:52then it's tricky to ask other people.
08:55So I'm so proud that we've taken the leap
08:57to live somewhere that we want,
08:59to build something that we want.
09:00Yeah.
09:01And we're now living here
09:02and it couldn't be better for me.
09:08We've seen one house so far
09:10that's defied the odds.
09:12We've got five more still to see
09:14before we find out
09:15which has been nominated
09:16for the House of the Year Prize 2025.
09:18Gravity is a bit like ageing.
09:30It's inevitable
09:31and it only goes one way.
09:34So if you try to ignore it,
09:36that's pointless.
09:37When you build
09:38and attempt to defy it
09:40with cantilevers
09:42or by building on a slope,
09:44for example,
09:44you need to come armed
09:46with more than optimism.
09:49You need engineering,
09:51intelligence.
09:51You need accuracy,
09:53precision.
09:54Oh,
09:55that was stupid.
09:57I'm visiting our next long-listed home
10:03in Hastings,
10:04a town spread out
10:06on a steep hill.
10:08In places the gradient is so steep
10:10it rivals a ski run.
10:13Here, building anything
10:14isn't just construction.
10:16It's a battle with gravity.
10:18It's a form of engineering gymnastics.
10:21One wrong move
10:22and whatever you're building
10:23could end up in next door's garden.
10:25But Simon embraced
10:27the challenges
10:28of building here.
10:31His previous job
10:32was making split-second decisions
10:33in the volatile world
10:35of oil trading.
10:36His career was built
10:37on risk and timing.
10:40I thought, right,
10:41it's a good time
10:42to change up what I was doing
10:43and being in a different place
10:45and my grandparents
10:46lived here when I was young.
10:47So I spent a lot of school
10:50and summer holidays
10:50coming down to the coast
10:52and it felt quite natural
10:53to come here again
10:54when I was wanting
10:55to maybe think about
10:57relocating outside of London.
11:01He bought this twin-gabled
11:03Victorian house,
11:04refurbished it
11:05and extended it
11:06onto the slope
11:07in the back garden.
11:10And so Hastings House
11:12was born.
11:14Inside, there is a semi-open-plan space,
11:17long and light-filled,
11:19like a gallery,
11:19with kitchen and dining room
11:21off it.
11:23A few steps above
11:24is a cosy private living space
11:26called the garden room.
11:28And then there's
11:29a lower courtyard,
11:30an outdoor space
11:31next to the garden room.
11:33Further up the slope,
11:34accessed by an external staircase,
11:36is Simon's office.
11:38And at the top
11:38is a pergola
11:39which crowns the top terrace,
11:41standing as a sort
11:42of outdoor room.
11:45Hi, Simon.
11:46Hi.
11:47How are you?
11:47Thank you.
11:49Come here.
11:49Thank you.
11:52You walk in
11:53to a refurbished living room.
11:56Basically,
11:57the whole house
11:58was stripped back
11:59to brickwork
12:00and we started again.
12:02But it's at the back
12:03where the real magic happens.
12:05The whole structure
12:06has been completely remade.
12:08This is amazing.
12:10It's so unexpected.
12:13It's just so much light.
12:16What was the old dining room
12:18has been modernised
12:19and now connects
12:20to a glass corridor
12:21with the kitchen area.
12:24Yeah, you don't expect
12:25from the front of the house
12:25an old Victorian house
12:27and then you get
12:27the kind of contrast
12:28to the back.
12:30Because it's such a steep hill,
12:32it's trying to make sure
12:33you don't feel
12:34that you're enclosed
12:34and trapped
12:35in the back of the house.
12:37The house didn't flow
12:38at all.
12:38You kept going
12:39to a load of dead ends
12:40so we're trying
12:40to work out ways
12:41that you can move
12:42around the house
12:43a little bit more easily.
12:45They haven't just added rooms.
12:47They've reimagined
12:48how the whole house works.
12:50Each new space,
12:51like this garden room,
12:52follows the natural slope
12:54of the hill,
12:55stepping up
12:55in carefully judged levels,
12:58one leading seamlessly
12:59to the next.
13:00This is your first step
13:01up the hill
13:02that takes you up
13:03and works with
13:03like this steep slope
13:04that we've got.
13:05It's just really interesting
13:06because it leads you
13:07on this journey.
13:08It's quite a steep slope
13:10and so rather than
13:11everything sitting
13:12at the bottom
13:12and then you're
13:13like looking up at it,
13:14it's trying to get
13:14this feeling of moving
13:15through the space.
13:16Gradual movement.
13:17Yeah, exactly.
13:18But also just taking advantage
13:19and using it as a benefit
13:21that we've got this steep site
13:22that has loads
13:23of different layers
13:23so it gives you
13:24some really interesting
13:25views and angles
13:26and as you look back
13:27across the house
13:27you see different
13:28elements and aspects.
13:29The RIBA judges
13:34praised the beautiful
13:36refurbishment
13:36of the old house
13:37and the incredible spaces
13:39Simon and his architect
13:40created.
13:42All the more amazing
13:43when it used to look
13:45like this.
13:47The house was like
13:48a 70s fever dream.
13:49It was like
13:50someone had moved in
13:5250 years ago,
13:53done a really beautiful,
13:55amazing top to bottom
13:56renovation
13:56and nothing since
13:58and aside from
14:00doing nothing since
14:01there'd just been
14:02bits added
14:03so everything was
14:03built on top of
14:04nothing had ever been
14:05like stripped back
14:06and done again.
14:07It was just layer
14:07upon layer upon layer
14:08and it's the same
14:09in the back garden
14:09there's like layer
14:10upon sheet of concrete
14:13and then rubble
14:13and then more concrete
14:14on top of it.
14:15There's a huge vine
14:17that grew over everything.
14:20In some ways
14:21it would have been simpler
14:22to demolish what was here
14:23and start from scratch
14:24but Simon's architect
14:26Hugh Strange
14:27didn't want to do that.
14:29Knocking it all down
14:31and rebuilding it
14:32was a really
14:32problematic approach.
14:35Problematic in terms
14:36of the money involved
14:37that it was like
14:38more expensive
14:38but also in terms
14:39of the carbon
14:40and the kind of
14:41environmental considerations.
14:42And there is a lot
14:43of courage in that
14:44because it's not
14:44obviously beautiful
14:46these kind of
14:47leftover pieces
14:48and they were viewed
14:50as an eyesore before.
14:51I think we all
14:52quite early on
14:53were committed
14:53to this idea
14:54of repairing it.
14:55I sometimes call it
14:56darning.
14:57The idea
14:57rather than throwing
14:58a pair of socks out
14:59because it's got
15:00a hole in it
15:00we actually just
15:01carefully kind of
15:02stitched the site
15:03together
15:03and through that
15:05we kind of
15:05repaired the site
15:06in a way that
15:07could accept
15:07the new buildings.
15:08It was just
15:09too poor a condition
15:10beforehand
15:10to take the support
15:13of a building.
15:14What he's created
15:18is a set of
15:18beautiful pavilions
15:20that step up the hill
15:21containing Simon's office
15:23and a space at the top
15:24to just enjoy the view.
15:27The actual task
15:28of doing it
15:29was challenging
15:29beyond belief
15:31and fell to
15:32structural engineer
15:33Charlotte Garvin.
15:34You can see
15:35that there is
15:35three terraces
15:36which all have
15:37retaining walls
15:38which in some
15:39places are
15:41no longer vertical
15:42so they're leaning
15:42and bowing
15:43and they're moving
15:44around a little bit.
15:46They sort of
15:46equate to about
15:47two storeys
15:48of retained height
15:48which for any
15:50engineer is quite
15:50a big challenge.
15:51So obviously
15:52the retaining walls
15:53needed a lot of care
15:54to make them
15:55stable enough
15:56to build upon.
15:57They did need
15:58to be repaired
15:59and then we added
16:00these ground anchors
16:01which basically
16:03try and restrain
16:04the wall.
16:04You normally see them
16:05on the sides of roads
16:06and in big embankments
16:08you wouldn't often
16:09find them
16:10in a domestic setting
16:11but the benefit
16:12of them is that
16:13you didn't need
16:13a huge machinery
16:14to come in
16:15and install them
16:16because we have
16:17this quite constrained site.
16:22This isn't
16:23just an extension.
16:25It's civil engineering
16:26domestic scale
16:27with all the risk
16:28and precision
16:28that implies.
16:31This house
16:31was laced
16:32into a hillside
16:33one platform
16:34at a time
16:34and the cleverest part
16:36is that it hides
16:37the struggle
16:37to do that
16:38completely.
16:41You've got to be brave
16:42when you set out
16:42to build any house
16:43but this
16:44this is a leap of faith.
16:46Simon entrusted Hugh
16:47with an almost impossible
16:48architectural challenge
16:49and what Simon and Hugh
16:51have created
16:51is not an extension
16:52but a series
16:53of light-filled connections
16:54that unlock
16:55the whole site
16:56celebrating its difficult
16:57landscape
16:58and turning an unloved
16:59and dilapidated space
17:00into something
17:01truly unique.
17:07The relationship
17:22between a homeowner
17:24and their architect
17:25should be like
17:26any strong partnership
17:27built on trust
17:29clear communication
17:30and the occasional
17:31awkward silence
17:32when the budget
17:32gets mentioned.
17:33but what if
17:34it wasn't a partnership
17:35and what if
17:36instead it became
17:37more of a group activity
17:38with more voices
17:40more opinions
17:41twice the emails
17:43three times the mood boards
17:44and decision making
17:46by committee
17:47which is how they came up
17:49with the camel.
17:50Anyway
17:50it sounds like
17:51a recipe for design
17:52by stalemate
17:53but our next house
17:55they did precisely that
17:56and yet what emerged
17:58wasn't chaos
17:59in fact it was
18:00quite the opposite
18:01and it can be found
18:04in Cornwall
18:06above the beautiful beaches
18:08built into a cliff
18:09what started
18:12as a simple brief
18:13for a family retreat
18:14quickly evolved
18:16into something
18:16far more ambitious
18:17and infinitely
18:19more complicated.
18:22The client was a family
18:23that I'd worked with before
18:25they'd asked me
18:26to find a place
18:27that would be
18:28a retreat
18:29for their family
18:30somewhere by the sea
18:31and of course
18:32I'm Cornish
18:34so I said
18:34best place
18:35Cornwall
18:35we looked at the site
18:37it was fantastic
18:38and we then found
18:41slightly strangely
18:42that we could
18:43push our building
18:45a little bit further
18:46back into the hillside
18:48and make it
18:49much bigger
18:50but because it came so big
18:52it became
18:52really an expensive
18:54project
18:55so
18:56my client took
18:57the decision
18:58which I loved
18:59that rather than compromise
19:00on the design
19:01of the house
19:02they would compromise
19:03on its ownership
19:04so they decided
19:05to join forces
19:07with another family
19:08their best friends
19:08or friends
19:09and suddenly
19:11it became a
19:12house we designed
19:13for four people
19:14this is two family house
19:19a second home
19:21for two families
19:22to live in
19:22either separately
19:23or jointly
19:24downstairs
19:26shared spaces
19:28bring everyone together
19:30a pool
19:30playroom kitchen
19:31and dining area
19:33tv snug
19:34spacious living room
19:35and a carport
19:36upstairs
19:38the layout
19:39which has six bedrooms
19:40separates into two wings
19:42eat with an adult en suite
19:44plus a small shared kitchen
19:46providing privacy
19:47and independence
19:48within a single unified home
19:50it's something
19:51of a design feat
19:52to realize a house
19:53on this scale
19:54that's so beautifully resolved
19:56it's a feat of human endurance
19:57to do it for four people
19:58with different ideas
19:59of what they wanted
20:01every decision
20:02was something
20:03of a debate
20:04everyone had
20:06their own priorities
20:07one house
20:09two husbands
20:10two wives
20:12four disparate
20:13points of view
20:14five actually
20:17don't forget
20:18Mike's
20:19he had
20:20a particular
20:21vision
20:21for the walls
20:22one of the things
20:25that's
20:25incredibly important
20:26to me
20:27is the way
20:27the overall
20:28wall looks
20:29so this wall
20:30was what I wanted
20:31nice square edges
20:32everything beautiful
20:34and one day
20:36my client
20:37came down
20:37to look at the wall
20:38very proudly
20:39there's the wall
20:41and
20:42there was a sort of silence
20:45and
20:45Richard said
20:47no
20:47no no no
20:49that's much too square
20:50they're too sharp
20:51I mean there's nothing
20:52organic in it
20:53so
20:53for the remaining
20:54walls
20:55the stonemasons
20:56changed their approach
20:57so this is a much
20:59more organic version
21:00so
21:00the edges of the stones
21:02are much rougher
21:03in my wall
21:04they'd have been
21:04cut straight
21:05but here
21:06they left
21:07the edges
21:08rounded
21:09these small details
21:12pale into
21:13insignificance though
21:14against the challenges
21:15of building the place
21:17the structure took
21:18roughly five weeks
21:19to assemble
21:20comprising
21:21over 400
21:22huge timber panels
21:24which were tricky
21:25to lift in
21:26you've got an awful
21:29lot of uplift
21:30from the wind
21:30and so on
21:31you're right on the cliff
21:32so the structure itself
21:33had to be very robust
21:35that's why
21:36the timber panels
21:37they used
21:37were the strongest
21:38possible
21:39built from
21:40CLT
21:41or cross-laminated
21:43timber
21:43they're slabs
21:44of wood
21:45made by gluing
21:46together timber
21:47planks
21:47in layers
21:48at 90 degrees
21:49to each other
21:50they're a lot
21:51of work to make
21:52and they are
21:53heavy to lift
21:54some of them
21:54are still
21:55two ton
21:55and they're
21:57big panels
21:57so you are
21:58almost flying
21:59a kite out there
21:59if you're not careful
22:00this place
22:05can be measured
22:06in every drop
22:07of blood
22:08sweat
22:08and tears
22:09invested in it
22:10what makes it
22:12remarkable
22:12isn't just
22:13the design
22:14but also
22:15the people
22:15who built it
22:16its designer
22:17the builder
22:18many of the
22:19craftspeople
22:19are from here
22:21they know
22:21this landscape
22:22intimately
22:23and they're
22:24part of a long
22:24proud tradition
22:25of Cornish
22:26craftsmanship
22:27I build all
22:30over England
22:31all over London
22:32all over the world
22:33but as my
22:35Bill the grandfather
22:36would always say
22:36there's no one
22:37can build houses
22:38like the Cornish
22:40we've seen
22:44three houses
22:45so far
22:45built against
22:46the odds
22:47after the break
22:48we reveal more
22:49of the extraordinary
22:50homes vying
22:51for the title
22:52RIBA
22:53House of the Year
22:542025
22:54our next
23:02long lister
23:03is one
23:03I know
23:04very well
23:05from Grand Designs
23:06and it really
23:07was epic
23:08and I mean that
23:09not just in terms
23:10of scale or ambition
23:11but because of
23:12its spirit
23:13the couple
23:15building it
23:15wanted to make
23:16something
23:16not just of
23:17extraordinary
23:18architectural value
23:19but as importantly
23:21something that
23:22could also adapt
23:23to a devastating
23:24medical diagnosis
23:25and against all
23:27the odds
23:28they created
23:29something extraordinary
23:30something calm
23:31considered
23:32deeply personal
23:34and quietly heroic
23:36the clients
23:39were John
23:40and Helen
23:40they were living
23:41in a 17th century
23:42farmhouse in Bedfordshire
23:44until in 2018
23:45Helen experienced
23:47a life-changing event
23:48come on Peggy
23:50come on now
23:50we went down
23:53to feed the horses
23:54as Helen was undoing
23:55the gate
23:56she suddenly
23:57felt faint
23:59it was an extremely
24:00serious stroke
24:01she was in a coma
24:02for three weeks
24:03and when she
24:04started to come out
24:06was really
24:07very severely
24:08disabled
24:09she needed
24:12full-time care
24:14after the stroke
24:15their old house
24:16had steep
24:17stairs
24:17and narrow
24:18doorways
24:19they had
24:21to live
24:22in separate
24:22buildings
24:23it's forced
24:25us to live
24:26separate lives
24:27that I remain
24:28living in the house
24:29now
24:29whilst Helen
24:30lives in your barn
24:31and
24:32you know
24:32whilst it's very
24:33comfy
24:34in the barn
24:35it's not something
24:35we want to do
24:36for life
24:37is it
24:37love
24:37no
24:38this
24:43was the home
24:43they made
24:44to live in
24:45together
24:45Clayworth
24:47the RIBA
24:48judges
24:49praised
24:49how it delivered
24:50accessible
24:51living
24:51in a very
24:52stylish
24:53building
24:53this
24:55glorious
24:55T-shaped
24:56home
24:57is a
24:57masterclass
24:58in rational
24:58design
24:59sinking
24:59to one
25:01end
25:02sits a
25:02spacious
25:03open plan
25:04kitchen
25:04dining
25:05and living
25:05area
25:06at the
25:07opposite end
25:07of the house
25:08is a sleeping
25:09wing
25:09containing
25:10two bedrooms
25:11in the bar
25:12of the T-shape
25:13there's car parking
25:14space and a small
25:15guest apartment
25:16on the top floor
25:17there's a study
25:19here's a study
25:27hello
25:27hello
25:27hello
25:28hi john
25:29hi kevin
25:30how are you
25:31how are you
25:31i'm well
25:32how are you
25:32both
25:32we're pretty good
25:34aren't we
25:34so how is your health
25:36helen
25:37very good
25:38oh great
25:39yeah
25:40it is so sharp
25:42and crisp
25:43this building
25:43it looks good
25:44when you first glimpse
25:45it
25:45teases you
25:46and as you approach
25:47it delivers more
25:49and then the details
25:51surprise you
25:52how fine and crisp
25:53they are
25:53so it carries on
25:54delivering
25:55yes
25:55but that only works
25:57if it's one step
25:58better when you get
25:59indoors
25:59is it as good
26:00as the outside
26:01better
26:02can we
26:02can we have a look
26:03of course please
26:04come in
26:05step inside
26:07and you're immediately
26:08invited to enjoy
26:10the elegant calm
26:11of the hallway
26:12and to stroke
26:13the board marked
26:14concrete walls
26:15this is amazing
26:16then you're through
26:18to the main living space
26:20the centre of shared
26:21daily life
26:22for the pair of them
26:23well this is just
26:24about as perfect
26:25as it could be
26:26isn't it really
26:26i mean
26:28we are just
26:28delighted
26:29with the way
26:30this room
26:30has turned out
26:31a space where
26:33john and helen
26:33can be together
26:34again
26:35open light-filled
26:36and connected
26:37to the natural world
26:38all i see
26:40is natural landscape
26:42trees
26:43forests
26:44the sun
26:45glinting through
26:45the leaves
26:46it reminds me
26:48just how fantastic
26:49a sight this is
26:50i think one of the
26:51things that
26:51really pleases me
26:53is the width
26:54of this room
26:54helen
26:55she has
26:56loads of space
26:58to move around
26:59and a
27:00helen workshop
27:01yes
27:02got this
27:03lower area
27:04specifically
27:05so that helen
27:06can approach
27:08it in the wheelchair
27:08what it provides
27:10is something
27:10that you
27:11particularly need
27:13this building
27:14to be
27:15transformational
27:16for our
27:17lives
27:18but getting
27:21to this point
27:22was frankly
27:23excruciating
27:24because the design
27:25was very ambitious
27:26a floating pavilion
27:28with a heavy weight
27:29above but seemingly
27:30weightless below
27:32to pull it off
27:33they had to crane in
27:34huge concrete roof beams
27:36it is a really tall
27:38to get in by october
27:39but we shall see
27:41the roof was made up
27:43of 19 of these beams
27:45each weighing 1.7 tons
27:48bolted to the steel frame
27:49but it all proved
27:51too heavy
27:52the frame
27:53couldn't cope
27:54fortunately
27:55the person running
27:56things was an
27:57experienced project
27:58manager
27:58ollie
27:59john's son
28:01the welding
28:02the welding
28:02has snapped
28:02the chippies
28:03were up there
28:04they were finishing
28:05off the roof
28:05and all of a sudden
28:06there was just a loud
28:07bang
28:07and the welds
28:09had basically just
28:10sheared
28:10which caused the
28:11whole roof
28:12to suddenly sink
28:12obviously
28:13I mean the first
28:15thought was
28:15this is
28:16this is bad
28:17working with the
28:20steel contractor
28:20to resolve things
28:21it took 10 weeks
28:23and some carefully
28:24placed steel work
28:25to hold the
28:25structure up
28:26and what rose
28:32from that mangled
28:32mess was a house
28:33that's not just
28:34stronger
28:35but unapologetically
28:37stranger
28:38the bathroom
28:40is a celebration
28:41of joy
28:42colour
28:42and creative
28:43anarchy
28:44that's your taste
28:47is a joy
28:47well yes it is
28:49yes bonkers
28:50and welcome
28:52to the bedroom
28:53gorgeous
28:55the interior decor
28:57is quite quirky
28:59I wanted to have
29:00a bit of fun
29:01and a bit of character
29:02and I didn't want
29:03the rooms
29:04to feel sterile
29:05you're part of
29:07an avant-garde
29:08you're part of
29:09a new movement
29:10a new drive
29:11towards comfort
29:12and joy
29:12and playfulness
29:13next door
29:15is just as
29:16joyful
29:17there's a guest
29:18bedroom
29:18and bathroom
29:19and upstairs
29:21John's tranquil
29:22office
29:22the architect
29:27responsible
29:27for this
29:28extraordinary
29:28building
29:29was James
29:30Arkell
29:30now why do you
29:32think the building
29:32has been nominated
29:34why do you think
29:35it's been cited
29:36I think it responds
29:37to the place
29:38and the site
29:39and I think hopefully
29:41it makes the occupants
29:43lives immeasurably
29:44better in terms
29:46of living there
29:47and I think
29:48they're good aims
29:49to have in architecture
29:51I don't kind of want
29:53it to be known
29:54as a house
29:55purely for accessibility
29:56it's always struck me
29:57that good disability
29:59design
29:59generally speaking
30:00is good design
30:01I don't know
30:03if architecture
30:04can properly heal
30:05but I have seen
30:06what it can do
30:07ease a day
30:08improve a mood
30:09lift the soul
30:10and remove barriers
30:12and in a house
30:13like this
30:14for the people
30:14who live here
30:15that is everything
30:16you have to think
30:23of the new
30:24British cheese board
30:25if you like
30:26representative now
30:27of context
30:28and of planning
30:29now this of course
30:30you know
30:31you'll find this
30:31in many people's
30:32fridges still
30:33it's not your
30:34typical resident
30:35and frankly
30:36dropped onto the
30:37cheese board
30:37it looks brash
30:39synthetic
30:40it's not what
30:41that organic cheddar
30:42signed up for
30:43but
30:44handled carefully
30:46adjusted thoughtfully
30:48even this thing
30:50can take its place
30:51on the board
30:52not by pretending
30:54to be like the others
30:55but by knowing
30:56how to live
30:57alongside them
30:58I'm in the South Downs
31:03a place where
31:04homes usually
31:05come wrapped
31:05in stone
31:06flint
31:07and a whiff
31:07of heritage
31:08if you wanted
31:10to build a house
31:11that was
31:12unashamedly
31:13modern
31:14the last place
31:15you'd want to
31:16try and go about
31:17getting planning
31:18permission for that
31:18would be
31:19in a national park
31:21no
31:21I mean
31:22that's just
31:23got to be
31:24asking for trouble
31:25but that's exactly
31:31what happened
31:31here
31:32against all odds
31:34this extraordinary
31:35building appeared
31:36South Downs Farm
31:38the RIBA judges
31:41described the
31:41detailing
31:42and execution
31:43as near
31:44faultless
31:45the brave
31:47architect
31:47who took
31:48on this project
31:49was Sandy
31:49Rendell
31:50a previous
31:51house of the
31:52year nominee
31:52Sandy
31:54looking at
31:54this house
31:55all I can say
31:57is utter
31:57sublime
31:58elegance
31:59it's so beautiful
32:00oh thanks
32:01that's extremely kind
32:02not sure it's
32:03everyone's taste
32:04but we're pretty
32:05proud of it
32:05South Downs Farm
32:08is split
32:09over two floors
32:10on the ground
32:12floor is a cloak
32:12room
32:13laundry
32:13and utility
32:14room
32:15and a grand
32:16double height
32:16hallway
32:17open plan
32:18kitchen
32:18diner
32:19larder
32:20and a boot
32:20room
32:21on the other
32:22side
32:22is the main
32:23living room
32:23and study
32:24upstairs
32:25are four
32:26guest bedrooms
32:27two with
32:28en suite
32:28and a guest
32:29bathroom
32:30and the main
32:31bedroom
32:31with an
32:32en suite
32:32surprisingly
32:34this wasn't
32:35the home
32:35the clients
32:36originally
32:37intended to
32:38build
32:38the clients
32:40had consent
32:41for a much
32:41more traditional
32:42style house
32:42they'd actually
32:43knocked down
32:44the old house
32:44they'd laid
32:45the piling mat
32:46down
32:46they'd pegged
32:46it all out
32:47they were just
32:47about to start
32:48and they got
32:49slight cold feet
32:50i think they
32:50thought actually
32:51interestingly
32:51the previous
32:52design was too
32:53big
32:53did they come
32:54to you and
32:54say sandy
32:56we want something
32:56really modern
32:57just reinvent
32:58everything for us
32:59what they gave us
33:00a huge amount
33:00of freedom on
33:01was the appearance
33:02and the form
33:03of the building
33:03how do you even
33:05go about
33:06getting planning
33:07permission
33:08for a contemporary
33:09house like this
33:10of this size
33:11in this location
33:12it's not
33:14straightforward
33:15process
33:15the first challenge
33:17was getting
33:18an independent
33:19group of experts
33:20the south downs
33:21national park
33:22design review
33:23panel
33:23on side
33:24and evolving
33:25an idea
33:27with them
33:27i think looking
33:28at the wider
33:28landscape
33:29this particular
33:30bit of sussex
33:30people have used
33:31it for country
33:32houses
33:32and that was
33:35the sort of
33:35starting point
33:35for thinking
33:36about what
33:36this could be
33:37the reimagination
33:38of a country
33:39house
33:40yeah a parkland
33:41villa rather than
33:41a country house
33:42so a smaller
33:42scale version
33:43this is a
33:46country house
33:47for the 21st
33:48century
33:49there's a real
33:53sense of calm
33:54in here
33:55half the light
33:56that's coming
33:56through
33:56oh god
33:57the double height
33:59there are plenty
34:01of things here
34:01to draw your eye
34:03whether it's the
34:04upper level
34:05balcony inside
34:06or this
34:07giant stove
34:09then there's a
34:10stove as well
34:10this is
34:11double-sided
34:11what does it
34:13lead to
34:14oh that's
34:18nice
34:18this is nice
34:20the connection
34:20between the two
34:21rooms through the
34:22focal point
34:23is a really
34:24beautiful feature
34:25this wood burner
34:26actually has a
34:27back boiler as well
34:27so you can run
34:28all the heating
34:29and hot water
34:29from the house
34:29of this
34:30if there's a
34:30disaster
34:31like an
34:32electrical failure
34:32or something
34:33the whole house
34:33can be heated
34:34and hot water
34:35from here
34:35it's deliberately
34:41oversized
34:42straddling the
34:44large open plan
34:45living room
34:46and the
34:46smaller snug beyond
34:47and linking them
34:48through warmth
34:49and flame
34:50it's a clever trick
34:52the grander the room
34:53in one space
34:54the cozier
34:55the one next to it
34:56feels
34:57you see the same
34:58contrast upstairs
34:59where a broad
35:00classically scaled
35:01hallway makes the
35:02more modest bedrooms
35:03feel even more
35:05intimate
35:05and that contrast
35:07continues outside
35:09with quiet
35:09low slung wings
35:11on one side
35:11and a bold
35:12formal row of
35:13columns on the
35:14other
35:15stood up here
35:17on this balcony
35:18with this
35:19incredible view
35:20you really get a
35:22sense of the
35:22grandeur of this
35:23scale
35:24yeah I mean
35:25it's largely
35:26generated by these
35:27massively oversized
35:28columns
35:29they've got this
35:30wonderful kind of
35:31pitted surface
35:32that you just want
35:33to try
35:33sort of get your
35:34fingers in
35:34yeah we wanted
35:35everything to be
35:37self-finished
35:38really express its
35:39materiality
35:40these are actually
35:41made in very low
35:43lifts with a sort of
35:44low water low cement
35:45unreinforced
35:46and hand round
35:47to give you that sort
35:48of character of stone
35:49using a very local
35:51stone just from a
35:52couple of miles up the
35:53road from a quarry
35:54as a aggregates
35:55to the mix
35:55it's a house shaped by its
35:59setting and by a client
36:00willing to be brave a bold
36:02addition now perhaps but one
36:05that will mellow and in
36:07time belong as naturally to
36:09this landscape as any
36:10ancestral pile this really is a
36:14wonderful addition to the
36:16long and noble tradition of
36:18english country houses yes it may
36:21have contemporary concrete
36:23columns but just remember the
36:26next time that you're visiting
36:27that beloved national park manor
36:30house everything was once
36:33modern
36:33there is one more house to see
36:40before we discover which will
36:42make the shortlist for the riba
36:44house of the year 2025
36:56we've seen five houses on the
36:58long list so far and our last
37:00home that was built against the
37:02odds took on the sort of
37:03challenge that usually ends in
37:05tears trying to build a home
37:07where there isn't any space for
37:08one in the tight justling streets
37:11of north london
37:12i am looking for a portal it's a
37:18way in to a magical world of
37:21architecture and generous spaces
37:23yeah a place of calm and
37:27relaxation
37:28oh i don't know
37:30ah
37:31this is not it
37:40surely no actually it is because at
37:47the end of this grim concrete
37:49passageway lies this
37:51this is harringay brick bungalow a
38:00hidden jewel tucked away from the
38:02busy street beyond as calm and
38:05serene inside as it is beautiful
38:09outside
38:10in this extraordinary home there's a
38:24courtyard area at the front and a
38:26small patio garden at the back then
38:29inside there's a glorious main living
38:32kitchen and dining space with two bedrooms
38:35and a bathroom of it
38:36it was designed by the architect satish
38:41jassel
38:41oh what a joy
38:45what a thing to find
38:47i mean unlikely isn't it just a little
38:51bit of a backlands plot what was it
38:53before
38:53it was just an empty plot a bit overgrown
38:56left over
38:57like many plots around london yeah so we'd
39:00like to think of it as a bit of a diamond in the rough
39:03yeah
39:03something unexpected
39:05that is a very unlikely entrance
39:07it is it's only one meter wide
39:10so we had to build the whole house
39:13through this little passageway
39:15you had to get everything past that drain pipe
39:18it was like building a ship in a bottle
39:20wow
39:22so i mean
39:23what about the bigger items is there a bath
39:26we had to make sure whatever we put into the house
39:29yeah
39:30could fit through that alleyway
39:31white goods and everything
39:32exactly
39:33can we have a look inside
39:35of course
39:36inside there's no sense of the pain and difficulty that went into creating it
39:50there's a sort of continuity of materials
39:55which is so lovely there's no nothing jars it's just a sort of there's a flow
40:00but above us
40:03are these things
40:05i mean what the heck
40:07something of satish's own imagination is this coffered ceiling of vertical planks
40:17but made into a pyramid
40:19i've not seen anything quite like it
40:23it's like looking up into a honeycomb
40:25the building itself the footprint is actually quite small
40:31so by using the volume it makes something small feel
40:35quite grand
40:36yeah
40:36and expansive
40:37so it doesn't feel that small
40:40the roof here doesn't just lend the room height
40:44it gives it character
40:46like that of origami
40:49it's quite subtle
40:52and ingenious
40:53and
40:54i imagine you could just sit on the sofa
40:56all evening
40:57with a bottle of something
40:58and just you know
40:59look at the seat
41:00yeah yeah yeah exactly
41:01i could look at it all day
41:07i love this place not just because of the ingenuity that satish has applied on this improbably small site
41:14but also because of the feeling you get just standing here
41:18we all love looking at buildings in magazines and on the internet and on the television
41:26and that's not what buildings are about
41:28buildings are about spending time in the place
41:31and this building gives gently and slowly
41:35this building doesn't communicate itself easily in photographs
41:39because to enjoy it
41:41to drink its energy
41:43yeah
41:44you need to quietly sit
41:46and spend time in it
41:48best thing about architecture
41:50the experience
41:53we've explored six remarkable homes so far
42:03but which will earn a place on the coveted shortlist
42:06would it be the handcrafted poetic kirk of the craig
42:09the engineering success that is hastings house
42:12the diplomatically accomplished two-family house
42:16the sculpturally serene clayworth
42:19the 21st century english country house at south downs farm
42:24or the miniature marvel that is haringey brick bungalow
42:29joining me is the chair of the judges david khan
42:34david how many houses have you chosen from this category to be on the shortlist
42:40so in this category there are two
42:41first being
42:42kirk and the clay
42:43it's very very carefully put together
42:50it's a level of craftsmanship that exceeds just the material and its assembly
42:57it's so inspiring
42:58it really isn't a building that's about itself
43:01it's a building about a way of making homes
43:04about the island
43:06about craft traditions
43:08that's amazing
43:12yeah wonderful
43:13oh well if if we can i don't know again if our story can inspire others then that would be the
43:19nicest thing that maybe comes of it but that is that is an incredible piece of news thank you
43:23there's one more house in this category
43:26so what's the second house you've shortlisted
43:28the second house is hastings house
43:31what strikes me as interesting that's such an unusual approach he thought i want to somehow evolve
43:41the sequence of little pavilions out of the building and stitch it back in
43:47i would say it is the treatment of the landscape that is the really exciting bit of the project that drives everything else
43:54and it looks like it was a lot of work a lot of costs technically very challenging
43:59from the interior it feels like you move from something familiar and victorian
44:07into something quite other heading up to the road above
44:11it definitely feels unexpected and a complete surprise and you have the feeling like it'd just be
44:20such a great place to have guests
44:22that they would come and just realize
44:24you knew
44:25that this existed
44:27that's great congratulations isn't that terrific
44:33that's how exciting yeah there's you know hours and hours and years and years of care and
44:39um and kind of resourcefulness there in the project so it's really great that that's rewarded
44:44kirk and the craig and hastings house are first on the shortlist there are five more places up the
44:53grabs before we find out which of them will be crowned the 2025 riba house of the year
44:59the homes we've been looking at are of course all prototypes but prototypes for a more intelligent
45:07more grounded more sustainable way of building
45:10and they show us that architecture isn't just about designing buildings it's about designing
45:16designing better ways to live and if that is the direction of travel we're heading in
45:22next time we'll explore houses that whisk you on holiday
45:32this just makes you happy doesn't it the client really love this idea of it feeling like a really
45:38sunny optimistic interior six more homes to inspire relaxation my ambition was to create a place that
45:45made you feel really really at ease really really connected to nature and escapism i was on holiday in
45:52thailand and i just thought how can i transport this magical feeling to east london
46:00and that next batch is here at next wednesday from eight now more four is back on the footplate in just
46:06a minute incredible achievements of engineering in god's own country with steam train diaries and from
46:12steaming to streaming dark secrets in the scottish wilderness with our new drama summer water you can
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