Chair of the 2019 RIBA House of the Year jury, architect John Pardey, said: “House Lessans in the rolling countryside of County Down was chosen as the winner as it represents a paradigm in creating relevant contemporary architecture that truly reflects its local context, vernacular and culture.
It has an elegant simplicity achieved within a remarkably low budget without excesses, creating delight in the subtly changing volumes as well as its relationship between the inside and outside.
The house takes the daily business of life and with the architects’ skills in making a house from simple materials, carefully detailed and with precise alignments, succeeds in becoming not just a house, but more importantly, a home.”
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Goals from Keith Edwards and John Sheridan won the game for the Whites. Derby won the title that season.
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Ian Baird celebrates scoring under the Elland Road floodlights.
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The Seagulls goalie is left rooted to the spot as John Sheridan's strike hits the back of the net. Brighton finished bottom of the table that season.