Ponds Rough Maypole Green

by Neven Sidor

Client Neven and Hanya Sidor

Awards RIBA East Award 2023 and RIBA East Sustainability Award 2023 (sponsored by Autodesk).

At its best, architecture has the power to delight, and this little house delighted the jury as much as any scheme they saw. It is clearly a project of love for the architect owner and their family. The decision to take down and replace their old cottage on the site was obviously a difficult one, but the architect’s thorough analysis of the work, materials and therefore embodied energy that would be needed to stabilise and upgrade the original structure, made a cogent argument for replacement in this case.  

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Environmental Adviser Carbon Free Group 

Structural Engineer Smith and Wallwork 

Gross internal area in m2 130