The Do not Transfer, Enhance 2025 winners are right here – revealing Elemental Home by Archmongers as Dwelling of the 12 months. Awarded the 2025 prime spot within the London house enhancements competitors, the Twentieth-century split-level property in Clapton had been untouched because the Seventies, however has now been reworked into a cushty, modern household house with a Danish twist.
‘We knew the home had the best DNA to change into a particular place to stay, however it turned out to be an excellent stronger framework than anticipated, with the home itself guiding the numerous transformation, deploying daring types and sincere self-finished supplies to reinforce what was initially there,’ Archmongers director Johan Hybschmann instructed us when interviewed. ‘It was rewarding to work on this manner and though the home has been radically modified, it nonetheless very a lot appears like the identical home, nestled in its terrace.’
Elemental Home by Archmongers
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Extra winners from the 14 contenders within the Do not Transfer, Enhance 2025 shortlist embrace a variety of city properties that meaningfully enhance the standard of life of every scheme’s inhabitants, by way of delight and eco-sensitive architectural ingenuity.
Federico Ortiz, head of programme at architectural organisation NLA, which runs the competition, mentioned of the general winner by Archmongers: ‘The architects have skilfully hollowed out the present construction, creating sudden volumes and flows that seamlessly combine with the home’s unique heritage. The inversion of the steps, the removing of the storage, and the delicate manipulation of sections are all sensible but restrained strikes. The usage of recycled supplies has created an environmentally acutely aware area that’s each useful and homely. It’s a profoundly clever strategy that is still grounded, by no means showy – merely exemplary.’
This announcement marks the tip of yet one more cycle of the favored, VitrA-sponsored occasion. Final 12 months’s winner, Aden Grove, was a Do not Transfer, Enhance 2024 standout submission for its dynamism, power effectivity and persona. This 12 months, the competitors attracted a pool of 150 entries. Listed here are all of the winners.
Do not Transfer, Enhance 2025: the winners
Dwelling of the 12 months & Materiality and Craftmanship Prize: Elemental Home by Archmongers Architects
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Archmongers’ Elemental Home redesigns a Seventies terraced property in London’s Hackney right into a useful, light-filled, Scandinavian-inspired household house.
Environmental Prize: Nina’s Home by Nina+Co with ROAR
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Textures and pure supplies make this home in South Tottenham an actual sanctuary, with improved air tightness and an open-plan strategy.
Transformation Prize & Greatest Kitchen Design: Metal Home by EBBA Architects
(Picture credit score: Courtesy Rikard Kahn)
EBBA architects’ Camden home renovation and double-height extension remodel life in a London terraced house.
Compact Design Prize: Hartley Home by THISS Studio
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An eco-conscious reimagining of a Victorian terraced house for a rising London household, THISS Studio’s Hartley Home is a celebration of sustainable, spacious residing.
Price Efficient Prize: Fingers-on Dwelling by Natallia Tanko
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This can be a daring Lewisham self-build mission that steadily prolonged and renovated a Seventies ground-floor flat.
Greatest Inside Design & Greatest Outside House: RAW Home by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects
(Picture credit score: Stale Eriksen)
A Lambeth house is reimagined for its homeowners’ present want for a hybrid work/stay area by way of a softly textured materials palette.
Folks’s Alternative Award: Terzetto by ConForm Architects
(Picture credit score: James Retief)
Terzetto is a 97.7 sq m two-bedroom lower-ground flat in a four-storey Victorian mansion block. It has the basic bay window onto the road, and its personal huge backyard on the again.
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