Tonkin Liu wins the Stephen Lawrence prize for Old Shed New House

Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu (former AA tutors) have been awarded the Stephen Lawrence Prize 2018 for their project: Old Shed New House. Working with storytelling, typologies, and light to sculpt spaces, tonkin liu as a practice, are inspired by nature and the use of traditional construction techniques to craft their designs.

Old Shed New House is an old agricultural shed conversion that was completed this year. Once a container for tools and tractors, it is now an energy-efficient, low-cost building serving as a home, library and gallery in rural North Yorkshire. The house is a journey between grand and intimate interconnected spaces: the spacious library centres itself around modestly sized living room and bedrooms, while the surrounding landscape is pulled into the building’s long, east-west orientated gallery, which draws visitors in from afar and frames the rising and setting sun from within.

The project won several awards this year, including the RIBA National Award 2018; RIBA Yorkshire Award 2018; RIBA Yorkshire Small Project of the Year Award 2018, as well as, the GAGA Architecture Award 2018.

Read more on this project on Tonkin Liu's website