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Thyme Event with Country Life

YA Director Andrew Inchley was invited by Country Life to participate in a fascinating panel discussion at Thyme on the future of the Country House. Andrew answered some tricky questions from Giles Kime and the very knowledgeable audience, and we hope that everyone attended was left feeling positive for the future.

Other featured speakers included Emma Sims Hilditch, Tim Moulding and Edward Smith of Artorius Fabar

2024 Georgian Group Award

We are delighted to be awarded The Georgian Group Award for a "New Building in a Georgian Context". Little Durnford Manor, a Grade I house on the River Avon, to the north of Salisbury, is of curious character. Late 17th century in origin, it was remodelled in c.1720-1740 and again in the late 18th century. Its southern and western elevations offer distinctly different interpretations of Palladian architecture, though both are patterned in limestone block and flint chequer work with ashlar surrounds to their windows.

Thames Valley Property Award

We are thrilled to have designed The Crescent in Thame for Rectory Homes that recently won "Best Residential Property of the Year" at The Thames Valley Property Awards.

A big thank you and congratulations to Rectory Homes & their team. Congratulations too, to our very own Anthony Lewis & Ross Sharpe, for designing such an eloquent scheme in the grounds of a listed building.

"A modern Arts-and-Crafts masterpiece"

James Fisher, writing for Country Life, on Millhanger Farmhouse, a new Country House in Surry. The article is available on the magazine's website. The project was also recently covered on Mansion Global.

The List, House and Garden

Yiangou Architects are proud to be included in this year's book and prominently on H&G's website

Country and Town House Interiors 2023/24

YA's Paul Ainsworth and the team were included in this year's C&TH Interiors book;

The best country house architects in Britain

We were delighted to have been selected for Country Life's list of go-to Architects for new country houses

Georgian Group Award

This wonderful scheme near Warmington, Northamptonshire has been awarded the prestigious Giles Worsley Award for New Building in the Spirit of the Georgian Era by The Georgian Group.

RIBA Award Winner

As one of the practices involved in The Duchy of Cornwall's development in Nansledan, we are delighted that it has been awarded an RIBA Regional Award. The development, on the outskirts of Newquay includes 30% affordable homes and features traditional designs in the Cornish vernacular by several prestigious studios.

Reimagining Buckingham Palace

To celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee, John Goodall, Architectural Editor of Country Life, invited six notable architects to submit ideas for improvements to her London residence. Ross Sharpe's scheme "represents a scaling back of height and gravitas, to a form that although civic, has a more interesting rhythm and approachability"

The Art of Architecture

We were pleased to be included in the third series of Sky's "The Art of Architecture" first shown on Sky Arts and now available via Sky on Demand the episode about us in includes a detailed look at our work and an interview with Yiangou Director, Ross Sharpe.

RIBA Partnership

We recently partnered with the RIBA on their campaign to encourage more young people into the profession. Project Architect Annabel Clark was featured across the RIBA's social media platforms.

'Truly Outstanding Design'

We are delighted that this scheme, designed by Director Ross Sharpe, was approved this week under the 'Paragraph 79' rules. These rules allow for houses to be built in open countryside only if they meet the standard of 'truly outstanding or innovative design' as well as significantly enhancing the immediate setting. To our knowledge, this is the first non-classical, traditional house to have received such a consent.

RIBA Award Regional Shortlisting

Nansledan, a Duchy of Cornwall development in Newquay, has been nominated for a 2020 Regional RIBA Award. The scheme, masterplanned by ADAM Architecture and featuring several houses designed by Yiangou Architects' Ross Sharpe, demonstrates the compatibility between large housing developments and high quality, contextually respectful architecture.

Houzz Best of Design

The practice has been awarded a 'Houzz Design' award from the social network, our fourth in as many years. Visit our Contact page for a link to our profile.

Great British Brands

We are proud to continue our association with Country & Town House Magazine, and to appear in Great British Brands for a third year. The 2020 guide describes itself as 'The Optimism Issue' and showcases the positivity and innovation currently being found in British businesses.

New Architects

Congratulations to Annabel and Alex for passing their final exams and qualifying as Architects. As indispensable members of our project team, we are delighted to see their efforts rewarded and look forward to seeing their ongoing contribution to the profession.

Georgian Group Award Shortlist

We are delighted to learn that Avalon has also been shortlisted for a Georgian Group Award in the ‘New Building in a Georgian Context' category. The awards recognise buildings which either follow the Georgian tradition, show thoughtful restoration or, as is the case with Avalon, use contemporary architecture to enhance their setting.

The List

We are very proud to be amongst the front-page featured designers on the newly relaunched The List website, from House & Garden magazine.

RIBA Award Shortlist

Avalon, the Yiangou-designed wellness centre in the grounds of Broughton Hall in Yorkshire, has been shortlisted for a regional RIBA award. The scheme demonstrates how high-quality architecture can help Estates diversify and obtain fantastic planning approvals.

Escape to the Country

Cotswold Life included six pages of coverage of a project to refurbish an historic property, and make it suitable for modern family living.

Bigger, Brighter, Better

One of our projects was featured in this month's issue of The English Home, illustrating how an extension, even of relatively modest scale, can transform a living space.

Competition Results

Our warmest congratulations to Conor K. Lynch for his winning entry, as judged by Lord Snowdon, John Goodall and Ross Sharpe from Yiangou Architects

Civic Award

Our Interior Design team were amongst the professionals involved in the refurbishment of Formal House, a managed offices facility in the centre of Cheltenham. The project won a Civic Award from Cheltenham Borough Council.

Houzz Best of Design

For the third year in a row, the practice has been awarded a 'Best of Design' award from the social network Houzz. Visit our Contact page for a link to our profile.

Newly Qualified

We would like to congratulate (left to right) Natalie, Tibor, Alyssia and Richard for completing their final exams and fully qualifying as chartered Architects and Surveyors. The practice has supported all four in their studies, and we all look forward to them applying their skills on many more Yiangou projects in the future.

Great British Brands 2019

We are delighted to have been included in this year's Great British Brands, published by Country & Town House. This year the guide has an international flavour, and we feel privileged to be showcased next to so many prestigious British companies.

Back to the drawing board

Hand-drawing is woven into the way that many of our Architects work, and we were very pleased to be invited to contribute to this fascinating article in Country Life. The illustration on the right, is of the new Clock Tower that Ross Sharpe designed for Harris Manchester College in Oxford.

The designers room

This new-build Jacobean-style entrance hall was featured in this week's Country Life magazine

Drawing Competition

This week's issue of Country Life includes the launch of an international competition to design a fireplace, sponsored by Yiangou Architects. Entries were welcome from those designers with or without architectural experience! (see Nov 21 issue for details)

Decorex

Following on from our recent feature in Country Life, Andrew Inchley was invited to speak on a panel at Decorex. The well-attended session prompted some very interesting questions from the audience about creating buildings that will last for generations.

An architectural legacy for future generations

This major feature in Country Life, including group portrait photography by Simon Brown, highlights the work of several companies working to create new houses that will stand for generations to come.

Scholarship

We are delighted to confirm that Sanketh Bharathish from India has been awarded the first of our scholarship award in association with INTBAU- the International Network for Traditional Buildings and Urbanism. The award gave Sanketh the opportunity to travel to the UK to present his work to the Royal Society of the Arts. Further details about the award can be found on our scholarship page.

Country Life Top 100

Previously known as their 'Secret Address Book', Yiangou are again included in the magazine's list of go-to professionals for those looking to improve their home.

Great British Brands

Great British Brands is produced by Country & Town House magazine, and features 150 of the UK's top luxury brands. As well as being on sale through Waitrose and WH Smiths, the guide is distributed internationally via British embassies.

Oxford Preservation Trust Runner Up Award

In addition to the recent runners up award from the Georgian Group, we were honoured to be placed as 'Runner Up' in this week's Oxford Preservation Trust awards.

Georgian Group Runner Up Award

Those who have walked through Oxford may well recognise the new clock tower which the practice was commissioned to design and oversee the building works for Harris Manchester College. The tower was runner up in the Georgian Group award for the best building in a Georgian context.

Georgian Group Award

We were absolutely delighted to hear that this important new-build country house was the joint winner of a Georgian Group award. This is especially significant, coming so soon after winning the RIBA award for a contemporary project, demonstrating our skills in being able to design quality traditional classical architecture.

RIBA Award

The practice has received an RIBA award for this contemporary pool building in Oxfordshire.