House on Redbrae Farm

by McGonigle McGrath Architects

Client Private

Awards RIBA Northern Ireland Award 2024, RIBA Northern Ireland Project Architect of the Year 2024, and RIBA National Award 2024.

The House on Redbrae Farm stands in the green, undulating landscape of rural County Down. Although modest in scale, this new family home is hugely ambitious in terms of the refinement of an architectural language and in the quality of its making. It has a direct yet comfortable relationship to the landscape on three levels: the immediate site, the surrounding fields, and beyond to the northern hills.

There is a Japanese sense of ‘shakkei’ – of borrowing the long views back into the intimacy of the interiors. The apparent ease and elegance expressed in plan, section, and detail belie the many years of dedication these architects have made to the discipline of architecture.

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Marlfield Construction

Structural Engineer McAuley and Browne

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant David Gould Associates

Gross internal area in m² 146.8