18 October 2020 – Folding House wins Award!

Folding House has won Large House of the Year in the British Homes Awards 2020!

This stunning contempory home overlooking the river Avon was designed by ARDesign Studio and has Ubu designed landscape.

Folding House was designed to minimise the impact on the location and surrounding scenery by embedding the house into the hill side and the folding design incorporates a blend of indoor and outdoor living spaces that extend out into the landscape and beyond

The concept began with an existing ‘zig zag’ pathway. This path was then continued in the form of a folding, solid ribbon, creating habitable spaces between the plans. Solid timber boxes were inserted in between where private space was required, with the remaining space offering open plan living with a connection to the expansive balconies and stunning views beyond.

The accommodation is split over three floors with the upper floor situated at ground level. The lower two floors stagger down the site following the gradient of the landscape and taking the user towards the lower garden and river.

The ground floor layout contains most of the required open plan living accommodation with stunning views of the River Avon.

The lower ground floor constitutes of bedroom accommodation and is connected to the upper floor via a feature staircase and lift. The garden level floor comprises a mixture of bedrooms and living accommodation that spill out onto a generous terrace and path down to the river.