The UK’s Best New Homes: Sustainable, Smart, and Superbly Designed

Brief 

RIBA has revealed the 2022 House of the Year longlist, which shines a light on a wide range of impressive UK homes, including a Passivhaus-rated residence, an energy efficient house built for a retiree, and a family home built from a disused barn.

Insight

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed its selection for the best new houses in the United Kingdom.

The 2022 House of the Year longlist shines a light on a wide range of impressive homes, including a sustainable Passivhaus-rated residence, an energy efficient house built for a recent retiree, and a family home constructed using the shell of a disused barn.

The RIBA House of the Year was established back in 2013 and is awarded to the finest new architect-designed house or home extension in the UK.

Though the homes are meant to reflect the entire UK, most of the projects featured are actually situated in England, in particular the south. Scotland fields two entries this year though and Northern Ireland has one.
But in common with previous selections, Wales is not represented.

In the coming weeks and months, this longlist of 20 homes will be whittled down to a shortlist and then the overall winner will be revealed. Until then, we’ve highlighted a few standout designs below. Be sure to head to the gallery for a look at each of the longlist homes.