Architect-designed Liverpool homes made up a quarter of the winners in the prestigious RIBA North West architecture prize for 2015.

An art house in Formby designed by architect shedkm and a luxury home called Westmorland by Snook Architects took two of the eight regional titles honouring buildings with exceptional design.

The Formby home is described as a ‘modernist villa with subtle Scandinavian undertones’ by RIBA, while Westmorland is described as ‘unashamedly modern’ and offers ‘California-style living’ for the private client.

The homes, the only residential buildings to be named on the winners’ list, will now go on to a national award competition against winners from other regions. A project will then be named the 2015 Sterling Prize winner, an award won by Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre last year after it beat the likes of The Shard in London to take the prize.

North West jury chairman, Dave King says: “The 2015 North West Awards showcases a diverse range of buildings; from small to large, temporary to permanent, education to corporate, and large-scale housing to private residences of exceptional quality.”

Other Liverpool buildings honoured at the awards included Maggie’s Merseyside at Clatterbridge, Mann Island on the city’s waterfront and St John Bosco Arts College.

Related posts:

Prominent Liverpool property developer receives prestigious accolade Lime Street debate sparks planning revolution in Liverpool Paddington Village residential buildings to be reduced in size New homes planned for former university halls site Ethical housing company proposed to deliver 10,000 new Liverpool homes Work starts to transform Toxteth church into new homes