2025 Shortlist

Below you will find the full shortlist for the Build It Awards 2025, in association with BuildStore. The winners will be announced at a special gala dinner on Friday 28th November. Take a look at the full list of last year’s winners here.

Best Architect or Designer for a Conversion or Renovation Project 

• AR Design – Meadow View
• Archangels Architects – The Granary
• Chetham Architecture Design – Springfield
• Design Haus Architecture – Priory House
• Sketch Architects – Eastgate

Best Architect or Designer for an Extension Project – Sponsored by IDSystems

• Adam Knibb Architects – Cakeham House
• AR Design Studio – The Seventies House
• Archangels Architects – Longhill
• BARC Architects – Lyme Bay View
• CK Architectural – The Trustings
• Paul Archer Design – Holly Lodge Gardens
• StudioBAD – Brockenhurst House
• Thinking Buildings – Stowbridge House
• Wellstudio Architecture – Perry Vale House

Best Architect or Designer for a Self Build Project 

• Adam Knibb Architects – Nixon House
• Cameron Bosque Brookes Architects – Contemporary Mock Tudor House
• Connected Architecture – Colmena
• Create Design South West – Penrose Nursery House
• Habitat+ Architects – Anchorage Passivhaus
• Hyde + Hyde Architects – Edge House
• Kast Architects – Oyster House
• lapd Architects – Elliot Crescent
• Roderick James Architects – The Cabin
• Tactile Interiors & Stanley Architects – House Against the Odds

Best Timber Frame Home

• Arco2 Architecture – Curve House
• Fleming Homes – Reul-Bhad
• Fleming Homes – The Quarry
• MBC Timber Frame & Progress in Practice – Copper Beech Passivhaus Plus
• Oakwrights – Holm House
• Scandia-Hus – Hillside House
• WB Timber Innovations – Copper Bottom
• WWA Studios – Woodland House

Best Brick Home

• CB Homes – Bollin Hill
• Imperial Bricks – The Foxes Maltings
• Jeremiah McGrath – Aherlow House
• Paul Archer Design – Hebron House
• TB Projects – Beaconsfield
• Turner & Hoskins Architects – Kentish New House

Best Eco Home – Sponsored by 21 Degrees

• Arco2 Architecture – Curve House
• G2 Construction & Consultancy – St Albans Deep Retrofit
• Goulden & Sons Construction – Seacliffe
• Habitat+ Architects – Anchorage Passivhaus
• MBC Timber Frame & Progress in Practice – Copper Beech Passivhaus
• Roderick James Architects & Welstead – St Breca
• R-Wall – Birdsong

Best ICF Home

• Connected Architecture – Colmena
• lapd Architects – Elliot Crescent
• R-Wall ICF with Westhaven Developments & Arco2 – Ebron

Best Oak Frame Home – Sponsored by Stovax & Gazco

• Carpenter Oak – Oak Framed H-shaped House
• Roderick James Architects & Welstead – St Breca
• Welsh Oak Frame – The Cains’
• Westwind Oak – Wayside

Best SIPs Home

• Glosford SIPs – Rural Gloucestershire SIPs Home
• JML SIPs – Baligrundle Croft House
• SIP Build UK – Stotfold Crest Stables
• SIPs Eco Panels – Woodlands House
• SIPS@Clays & Michael Tarring Architects- Bridle Path

Best Turnkey Home

• CB Homes – Thaiboosa
• Cherish Homes & Dan-Wood – Neilston
• Pelham Structures – Helegrene House
• Scandia-Hus – Clearways
• Scandia-Hus – Le Courtil Bouillon

Best Heat Pump Product or Installation

• Ochsner Heat Pumps – Air Hawk 208
• The Unico System UK – Unico Technology Meets Cooling & Heating Needs of Modern Home
• Total Home Environment – HPV Series & HPW 300 Heat Pump Ventilation System in Highwood House

Best Heating Innovation

• Airflow Developments – Adriot MVHR Range with Enthalpy Heat Exchanger
• Drayton – Wiser 2nd Generation 1 Channel Temperature & Humidity Smart Kit
• The Unico System UK – Unico 1218 SDHV Heating, Cooling & Ventilation System

Best Insulation Product

• Ecological Building Systems – Gramitherm
• R-Wall – R-Wall Insulating Concrete Formwork
• Seconds & Co – Kooltherm Insulation Board Seconds

Best Stove Product

• Eurostove – ilektro
• Onyx – Athos & Olympus
• Onyx – Avanti
• Onyx – Mirage
• Stovax – Riva2

Best Cladding or Roofing System or Product

• CRL – Triple Glazed Flat Rooflight
• Cupa Pizarras – Readyslate
• Lifestiles – Ashbury Handmade Tiles
• Millworks – Grad x Millworks Clip System
• Moduloft – Moduloft Isle of Wight

Best Glazed Doors

• Aluk – S67 Inline Sliding Door
• Minima Sliding – Ultraline Sliding Door
• Origin Global – OS29+ Sliding Door
• Sunflex UK – SVG20 Sliding Door

Best Home Technology Product or Installation

• Airflow Developments – Adriot MVHR Range with Enthalpy Heat Exchanger
• Brilliant Lighting – Lutron Curtain Track Systems
• Q Acoustics – E300A ceiling-installed smart hi-fi amplifier

Best Plumbing or Drainage System or Product

• Below Ground Solutions – Biorock – Ecorock 5010 Non-Powered Treatment Plant
• Mixergy – iHP X Heat Pump Cylinder
• Triton Showers – Enlight Thermostatic Electric Shower

Best Self Build Mortgage Lender

• Bath Building Society
• Chorley Building Society
• Darlington Building Society
• Ecology Building Society
• Furness Building Society
• Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
• Mansfield Building Society
• Vernon Building Society

Best Staircase or Joinery Product

• Edge Bespoke – Feature Staircase
• Handrail Creations – Continuous Curved Timber Handrails & Metal Balustrades
• Max-Stairs – Metal Simplicity
• Max-Stairs – Timeless Oak Elegance
• Metal Staircase Co – The Mews Project

Best Windows

• Brookeswood Joinery – Heritage Flush Casement Window
• Duration Windows – Aluminium Royale Stepped Window
• EcoHaus – Internorm HF410 Windows
• Roseview Windows – Ultimate Rose
• Sternfenster – Elegant Composite Tilt & Turn
• The Residence Collection – Residence Collection Timber Alternative Flush Windows

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