The results of the online voting for the Baumit Life Challenge 2020 are summarized. The most beautiful facades of European houses according to popular vote and professional jury
By public vote on the Baumit website, the top 10 privately built facades were:
The first place was taken by Forest Kuznica — the design by Polish bureau GRUPA VERSO.
The starting point of the project — the setting, and the forest sets the tone for everything from form to decoration. The glazing on the garden side allows nature to visually penetrate the interior space. The simple block architecture is played up by the sloping roof.
Second place — Villa Sveti Lovreč, Indigo arhitektonski studio / Dean Peteh project.
a villa in Croatia. It's quite laconic, but with an claim to the luxury segment.
Third place —G 23rd district.
The facade of a modern house in Vienna near the cemetery was chosen to be black (appreciate the owners' sense of humor).
Fourth place — Inscribed Konopiska, design by FW Anta Studio Architektoniczne Daniel Cieslik.
A house in Poland with an interesting composition of colors and textures on the façade. And in addition we also have to mention the combination of the flat roof and the adaptation of the building to the shape of the site. (Spoiler —this is the only case where the opinion of the people and the jury concurred, the house was included in the list of finalists.) In the case of the house, it was a great success.
Fifth place — Hintaus (Austria).
Sixth place — Andrej Residence (North Macedonia). Architect — Stefan Matevski.
Seventh place —5 Cubes Kawodrza (Poland). Another project by FW Anta Studio Architektoniczne Daniel Cieslik.
The subtle volume breakdown combined with the limited use of materials in the finishes creates a strong whole.
Eighth place —House T (Austria). Architects HOT architektur ZT GmbH / Arch. DI Erwin Tschabuschnig.
The first floor of the building is intentionally made darker, it merges with the ground, allowing the upper massive volume to float in the air.
Ninth place — Palm Garden Bielany (Poland). Architect Artur Toboła GRID Architekci.
The unusual shape of the house is interesting (it had to fit into a fairly narrow plot of land between neighbors), and the combination of plaster and wood.
Tenth place — STR (Poland). Project BECZAK / BECZAK / ARCHITEKCI.
A very unusual monochrome housing with a gable roof. The design of the roof allowed us to zone the space: a tall living room for receptions and a two-story living area.
Professional Jury
And now about those selected by the professional jury. The six best home facades have made it to the finals, and we'll know which one will be the winner at a later date.
The Polish Inscribed Konopiska house, designed by FW Anta Studio Architektoniczne Daniel Cieslik, about which we wrote above.
Longitudinal-axis-home (Hungary). Architect Bártfai-Szabó Építésziroda Kft.
Unusual facade, elongated along the axis. A combination of gray stucco finishes and a frame of wooden beams that form the exoskeleton of the house.
The façade is unusual.
The Row (Romania). NBC Arhitect Studio.
The Row (Romania).
Asymmetrical composition of 6 houses as a whole. The design challenges were the site is broken up diagonally by a pipeline.
Patio № 1 (Slovenia). Architects Peter Gabrijelčič, Boštjan Gabrijelčič, AlešGabrijelčič.
Minimalistic house in the center of Ljubljana.
Villa Alma (Italy). Luca Peressutti's architect.
Again with the simple square shape and the predominant white color, but with lots more details to catch the eye.
The J project (Slovakia). Bureau Compass, s.r.o.
It's hard to get a full impression of the house in the contest, except for the curved shape and the panoramic glazing.
Every two years Baumit holds the competition for Best European Facade »using Baumit materials in six categories: private facade, multi-family house, public building, historic renovation, stunning texture, thermal renovation. The competition takes place in two stages — first, online voting: popular and professional. Then a jury selects the winners from the projects that received the highest ratings from the professionals.