House on the Hill in Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks Architects has won this year's RIBA House of the Year award.
The winning house designed by Alison Brooks Architects consists of two distinct elements, an art-filled black extension and a Georgian farmhouse that was converted into a gallery space.
"This geometric design skilfully fuses together the old with the new ? connecting two architectures separated by over 300 years," said Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) president Simon Allford.
House on the Hill by Alison Brooks Architects has been named RIBA House of the Year
Formerly known as Windward House, the home was named as this year's winner during the final episode of the Channel 4 television series Grand Designs: House of the Year earlier tonight. Studio founder Alison Brooks previously discussed the project in a live interview as part of Dezeen's Virtual Design Festival.
Created over a 10-year period for an art-collecting couple, the studio renovated the original 18th-century farmhouse and added an angular, two-storey extension.
The existing farmhouse was converted into a double-height gallery
While this extension contains the home's kitchen, dining area and living space, the former farmhouse was converted into a double-height gallery.
Spaces to display artworks were created throughout the house. Along with the dedicated gallery space, there are numerous nooks and a staircase designed as a mini gallery to display works, which holds 100 pieces...