RIBA Awards Jury:
“A skilful and innovative approach in the conversion and extension of this 15th - century barn to create a 21st century family home. A dramatic and distinctive project making intelligent use of natural ventilation and recycled materials and producing delightful external internal connection. A well thought-out design achieved on a tight budget, successfully overseen by the architect from conception to completion”

La Concha is a home born of reverence and renewal. A 15th-century barn, once weathered and still, is reimagined as a place of light, movement and belonging. Its original structure remains at the centre, anchoring the house with quiet strength and serving as a still point between inside and out.
The architecture listens. It is clear, generous and open to the rhythms of life. A double-height living space honours the barn’s form while breathing through a whole-house ventilation system. When the doors open to the garden, boundaries dissolve as if the house itself were part of the landscape.