Do not Transfer, Enhance! 2023 shortlist names London’s finest residence refurbs

A low-energy home and a vibrant yellow extension are amongst London’s finest new residence renovations based on this 12 months’s Do not Transfer, Enhance! shortlist.

There are 15 tasks vying to win Do not Transfer, Enhance! 2023, the newest version of the annual New London Structure (NLA) competitors that celebrates the capital’s residential structure.

This 12 months’s theme known as Inexperienced Ambitions, which prompted a number of entries targeted on decreasing their environmental impression, stated NLA.

Amongst them is Low Power Home by Structure for London, an Edwardian residence that has been retrofitted to enhance its vitality effectivity for the studio’s founder Ben Ridley.

In the meantime, Mike Tuck Studio has been shortlisted for its transformation of a Victorian terrace, named Breathable Home, utilizing pure supplies comparable to cork and timber.

High picture: A low-energy home by Structure for London is shortlisted for Do not Transfer, Enhance! 2023. Picture by Lorenzo Zandri. Above: Workplace S&M’s Graphic Home can be on the record. Picture by French + Tye

One other stand-out theme on this 12 months’s shortlist is the usage of vibrant colors, as seen within the Graphic Home renovation by Workplace S&M that attracts on the proprietor’s penchant for graphic design and artwork deco varieties.

Different vibrant renovations embody Color Casing, an extension to a one-bed flat designed by District Architects, and the CLT Home by Unknown Works, which has a vibrant yellow exterior to assist distinguish between its outdated and new parts.

Nevertheless, minimalism stays a related development in residential structure, with various pared-back designs additionally chosen for the 2023 shortlist from over 130 entries.

These embody Elizabeth Mews by Trewhela Williams, a mews home renovation in north London with a louvred oak facade, and DB Residence by Studio Hallet Ike, a darkish brick extension to London flat.

A number of houses on the shortlist prioritised establishing a connection to nature and the outside, comparable to Banya and Backyard Studio by Cooke Fawcett and Black and Milk – a backyard room with giant, glazed sliding doorways that overlook surrounding woodland in Camden.

Kitchen within the Woods by A Small Studio and Walled Backyard by Nimtim Architects are different shortlisted tasks wherein celebrating surrounding landscapes was a key factor.

The remaining tasks on the shortlist embody The Secret Backyard Flat by Nic Howett Architect and Brückenhaus by R2 Studio.

White Patio Home by Pashenko Works, Rotherfield Road by Atelier Baulier and the Lubetkin flats by Studio Naama additionally made the reduce.

Elizabeth Mews by Trewhela Williams is among the many minimalist houses to be shortlisted. Picture is by Lorenzo Zandri

The Do not Transfer, Enhance! 2023 shortlist was chosen by Buro Happold affiliate Anna Beckett, Coffey Architects director Phil Coffey, engineering agency Hilson Moran’s sustainability director Marie-Louise Schembri and Wallpaper Journal’s structure editor Ellie Stathaki.

This 12 months’s general winner will probably be revealed at a ceremony on 24 Might at The London Centre, alongside different prizes together with the Environmental Management Prize and Compact Design Prize.

Earlier general winners of the Do not Transfer, Enhance! embody Archmongers’ “sensible and playful” refurbishment of a house on Dulwich Property and The Home Recast by Studio Ben Allen.

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