Courtesy Hélène Binet
North Vat in Dungeness, Kent (Rodic Davidson Architects)
Courtesy Charles Hosea
Outhouse in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (Loyn & Co)
Courtesy Brian Ormerod
Private House in Cumbria, England (Bennetts Associates)
Courtesy Tim Crocker
House of Trace in Lewisham, London (Tsuruta Architects)
Courtesy Rachael Smith
Ansty Plum in Ansty, Wiltshire (Coppin Dockray Architects)
Courtesy James Morris
The Owers House in Feock, Cornwall (John Pardey Architects)
Courtesy Peter Landers
Contour House in Baslow, Derbyshire (Sanei Hopkins Architects)
Courtesy Grant Smith
House 19 in Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire (Jestico + Whiles)
Courtesy Mark O'Connor
Zinc-House near Monikie, Angus (LJR+H)
Keith Hunter
Murphy House in Hart Street, Edinburgh (Richard Murphy Architects)
Courtesy Killian O'Sullivan
Garden House in Hackney, London (Hayhurst and Co)
Courtesy Christoffer Rudquist
Covert House in Clapham, London (DSDHA)
Courtesy Edmund Sumner
Le Petit Fort in Jersey, Channel Islands (Hudson Architects)
Courtesy Timothy Soar
Modern Mews in London (Coffey Architects)
Courtesy Ruth Donnelly
Contemporary Lean-to in Harrogate, Yorkshire (Doma Architects)
Courtesy Charlie Coleman
Private House 1109 in Cheshire, England (GA Studio Architects)
Courtesy James Morris
The Cheeran House in Reading, Berkshire (John Pardey Architects)
Courtesy Sam Proctor
Edge Hill in Darras Hall, Newcastle (Sutherland Hussey Harris)
Courtesy Luke Caulfield
Tin House in Shepherd's Bush, London (Henning Stummel Architects)
Courtesy Peter Landers
The Narrow House in Brighton & Hove (Sanei Hopkins Architects)
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) – bastion of British architecture – has revealed the 20 homes in the running for its 2016 House of the Year award.

RIBA International Prize: 30 stunning feats of design battle to be the world's best building

Among the new builds and extension projects are a house-cum-gallery in Brighton, designed by Sanei Hopkins Architects, and a beach house by Rodic Davidson Architects in Britain’s only desert, Dungeness.

Another contender is the concrete, cubed home that architects Deborah Saunt and David Hills of practice DSDHA designed for themselves.

Finalists for the award will be revealed in a special series of UK television show Grand Designs in the autumn.

Last year’s winning architect Charlotte Skene Catling joins Jonathan Dallas of studio Dallas Pierce Quinetro, comedian Jenny Eclair and Philip Thorn from sponsor Hiscox on the judging panel.

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