Thursday, November 26, 2015

Incredible home worth £2million that has a shaped like a giant stone staircase to nowhere is named as Britain's House Of The Year

This wedge-shaped house in Buckinghamshire has been awarded House Of The Year in the prestigious Royal Institute Of British Architects (Riba) awards. Commissioned by Lord Rothschild for use by his family, Flint House rises out of the ground with roofing that disappears into the sky
This wedge-shaped 6,200sq-ft house in Buckinghamshire has been awarded House Of The Year in the prestigious Royal Institute Of British Architects (Riba) awards.
Commissioned by Lord Rothschild for use by his family, Flint House rises out of the ground with step-style roofing that disappears into the sky. The image shows how the house blends in with Lord Rothschild's arable land on his estate. see more photos after the cut.


Lord Jacob Rothschild (pictured), who still lives on the grounds, personally commissioned the contemporary building
Lord Jacob Rothschild (pictured), who still lives on the grounds, personally commissioned the contemporary building
Estate agent Bill Humphries from W Humphries Estate Agents in Waddesdon told MailOnline: 'By virtue of the fact it's on the estate you could safely say it's worth £2million plus

The house, designed by architects Skene Catling De La Pena, sits in the grounds of Rothchild’s estate at Waddesdon Manor and has been constructed using masonry and flint cladding

Riba commented that the home is ‘an intriguing and intelligent mixed application of rooftops, terraces and recesses that combine to deliver a stunning piece of liveable, provoking, modern architecture that marries into the earthly yet beautiful countryside’

Judges said that Flint House was a 'beautiful addition to a beautiful landscape'

Riba President Jane Duncan said: 'The shortlist for the Riba’s House of the Year represents a remarkable diversity of architectural skills and outcomes.' This image shows part of winner Flint House's remarkable interior

Flint House is one of the most unusual abodes in the British Isles - described as 'superbly original and unique'

Flint House, the judges said, 'continues a fine tradition of Riba award-winning houses that provide exemplars for others: architects, clients and developers'

The house is built on a seam of flint geology and is surrounded by ploughed fields where the flint sits on the surface

The house blends in with the countryside, with the entrance a grass-covered walkway

Flint House commands beautiful views over the Buckinghamshire countryside

Despite its modern exterior, the interior features examples of classic furniture

The incredible house from some angles looks like it has sunk into the ground

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