Archinect - News 2024-12-22T09:10:32-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149964181/technology-and-tradition-combine-in-jestico-whiles-award-winning-house-19 Technology and tradition combine in Jestico + Whiles’ award-winning House 19 Abigail Banfield 2016-08-19T15:09:00-04:00 >2016-08-22T00:21:39-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7b/7b9zg119ocrxjyeg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Winning&nbsp;the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149943940/see-the-riba-2016-london-awards-winners-wilton-s-music-hall-named-regional-building-of-the-year" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RIBA&nbsp;South Award</a> this&nbsp;year&nbsp;is a home strengthened by&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;faced.&nbsp;What does&nbsp;it take to bring a considered, contemporary&nbsp;design, set within a conservation&nbsp;area,&nbsp;through to fruition?</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/3j/3jc18yqmwdx2aydb.jpg"></p><p>Situated&nbsp;next&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;cricket&nbsp;ground nestled in the Chiltern Hills, in the town of Old Amersham, is House&nbsp;19.&nbsp;This&nbsp;project,&nbsp;designed by&nbsp;Heinz&nbsp;Richardson of Jestico +&nbsp;Whiles, won the RIBA South Award&nbsp;2016&nbsp;and&nbsp;was&nbsp;long-listed for&nbsp;the <a href="http://bustler.net/news/tags/house-of-the-year-award/2866" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RIBA&nbsp;House of the Year</a>&nbsp;2016. It has&nbsp;been described by the&nbsp;institute&nbsp;as&nbsp;&ldquo;mature&nbsp;architecture that does&nbsp;not need to shout&rdquo;&#894; with its&nbsp;open spaces, clever incorporation&nbsp;of&nbsp;sustainable technology, and outstanding quality, the jury&nbsp;&ldquo;unreservedly&nbsp;loved this&nbsp;house&rdquo;.</p><p>Richardson&rsquo;s&nbsp;design&nbsp;takes&nbsp;advantage of the site&rsquo;s&nbsp;location, with windows&nbsp;framing the surrounding&nbsp;Chiltern&nbsp;hills. Everything in the design is&nbsp;considered and considerate&#894; the way&nbsp;in which&nbsp;the&nbsp;levels&nbsp;are&nbsp;built&nbsp;provides&nbsp;minimal impact to the neighbouring property, and finishing this&nbsp;award-winning&nbsp;build&nbsp;is&nbsp;a clock&nbsp;fi...</p>