Tonkin Liu Architects Wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2018
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Tonkin Liu Architects has won the 2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize for its transformation of a farm shed into a home.The Stephen Lawrence Prize aims to encourage new, experimental architectural talent, celebrating and rewarding projects with a construction budgetTonkin Liu Architects Wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2018
Tonkin Liu Architects has won the 2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize for its transformation of a farm shed into a home.The Stephen Lawrence Prize aims to encourage new, experimental architectural talent, celebrating and rewarding projects with a construction budget of less than £1 million.Liu has dramatically remodelled farm shed into an exquisitely detailed, highly sustainable, and cost-effective home. The modest three-bedroomed property, includes a vast library space at its heart — housing a lifetime’s collection of books — and uses traditional construction techniques and low-cost materials throughout.“This impressive project has brought life back into a redundant agricultural building to create a breath-taking new home. Using sustainable, low-cost materials, Old Shed New House illustrates perfectly what a talented architect can do with a fairly modest budget. The Foundation is delighted to present Tonkin Liu with the Stephen Lawrence Prize 2018,” said Stephen Lawrence Prize founder Marco Goldschmied.“In addition, the judges and I would also like to give a special mention and an award of £1,000 towards the maintenance of one of the other shortlisted projects, the Bethnal Green Memorial, built in tribute to a little-known World War 2 tragedy. Our congratulations to all those involved in the 12-year effort to bring this forgotten London memory to light for future generations,” he added.First awarded in 1998 in memory of Stephen Lawrence, who was taking steps to become an architect before his untimely death in 1993, the £5,000 Prize has been sponsored by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation since its inception.Previous winners of the Stephen Lawrence Prize include “The Houseboat” by Mole Architects (2017), “House of Trace” by Tsuruta Architects (2016); “The Fishing Hut” by Niall McLaughlin Architects (2015); “House No 7” by Denizen Works (2014); “Montpelier Community Nursery” by AY Architects (2013); “Kings Grove” by Duggan Morris Architects (2012); and St Patrick's Primary School Library and Music Room by Coffey Architects (2011). http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more