2024-12-22T04:57:52-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150240578/how-revolutionary-are-design-proposals-for-homes-of-the-future Katherine Guimapang 2020-12-08T14:48:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a4/a481cf20ecc06a3083ace0a9c291174b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>What will homes of the future look like? According to a recent UK housing competition, Home of 2030, selected winners have an idea. However, are these ideas all that new? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/04/house-future-letchworth-home-of-2030-architects" target="_blank">The Guardian's Oliver Wainwright unpacks</a> these winning design proposals and explains, "according to the winning architects, most of the best ideas have been around for generations."</p> <p>RIBA and the BRE organized the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.homeof2030.com/home-and-connector-housing-are-joint-winners-of-the-home-of-2030-design-competition/" target="_blank">HOME of 2030 competition</a>&nbsp;on behalf of government departments within the UK. The winning projects were asked to design "environmentally friendly homes that support people in leading independent, fulfilling lives as our society ages."&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ee/ee8c37e52167889a6dac084108e7d81c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ee/ee8c37e52167889a6dac084108e7d81c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Connector Housing designed by Openstudio with Hoare Lea, LDA Design and Gardiner &amp; Theobald are joint winners of the competition alongside igloo Regeneration. Image courtesy of OpenStudio/Home2030</figcaption></figure><p>Wainwright chats with Openstudio's Jennifer Beningfield to unpack their project Connector Housing. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/04/house-future-letchworth-home-of-2030-architects" target="_blank">Beningfield explains</a>, "You can't get much more flexible and adaptable than the Georg...</p>