Caochan na Creige – a timber-frame, stone clad, self-build home in the Outer Hebrides - and Hastings House – an inventive house extension stitched into the Hastings hillside - are the first of two homes to be shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2025.
The annual award is awarded for the UK’s best new home, with the shortlisted houses revealed on Grand Designs: House of the Year on Channel 4.
The RIBA House of the Year award was established in 2013 and is awarded to the best new house or house extension designed by an architect in the UK.
Previous winners include Six Columns by 31/44 Architects, Green House by Hayhurst & Co (2023), David Kohn Architects for The Red House (2022), Alison Brooks Architects for House on the Hill (2021), McGonigle McGrath for House Lessans (2019), HaysomWard Miller for Lochside House (2018), Richard Murphy Architects for Murphy House (2016), Skene Catling de la Peña for Flint House (2015) and Loyn & Co for Stormy Castle (2014).
The shortlist for the RIBA House of the Year 2025 is:
- Caochan na Creige by Izat Arundell
- Hastings House by Hugh Strange Architects
- To be announced on 26 November 2025
- To be announced on 4 December 2025
- To be announced on 4 December 2025
- To be announced on 10 December 2025
The RIBA House of the Year 2025 Award is sponsored by Renson.
