Grand Designs: House of the Year winner revealed

Last night, Flint House in Buckinghamshire was revealed as the winner of Grand Designs: House of the Year. The winning entry, designed by architects Skene Catling De La Pena, was described by judges as a marvel of geological evolution and construction, and a celebration of location, material and architectural design at its best.

Set in the flint-layered fields of the Rothschild’s estate at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, the building rises from the ground as dark, fashioned flint and slowly changes in construction and texture until its refined white chalk blocks disappear into the sky.

Notes to editors:

1. It’s a really nice house.
2. 2. Like, really nice.