Slip House has been widely celebrated since its completion in 2012. Below are a selection of comments collected from a variety of sources:

“Amid the… terraces of London’s Brixton, the Slip House is… based on the idea of ‘slipped’ boxes, its three floors are progressively slid and staggered to break up its bulk and optimise light and views. The upper floor and street frontage are wrapped in vertical planks of milkily translucent glass that veil and soften the cantilevered volumes. After dark, the translucent box glows seductively like a Chinese lantern….

The Slip House’s ecological credentials are also impeccable… The [Manser Medal] jury was impressed by the ambition of the project to develop a house type that, while undoubtedly both formally sophisticated and environmentally responsive, also suggested a more engaged approach to dynamics of urban and domestic life.”

Architectural Review

“This elegant and confident project is a prototype house composed of multiple standard elements. Yet the executed design is a highly personal solution, which results in a humane interior environment…. Inside and out this house is immaculate in its detail, coordination and execution.

The project demonstrates an admirable commitment to the creation of an exemplar low-energy house, with a suite of sustainable enhancements that are integrated effectively into the building design… But at no point do the sustainable ambitions of the project crowd out or dominate the refined quality of the spaces that are created.”

Judge’s Citation, RIBA Manser Medal 2013

“The building is comprised of three slipped orthogonal boxes which break up the bulk of the building and give it a sculptural quality. A steel frame structure allows an open plan and means that the organisation of the space can be easily transformed at a later date if required. The cantilevered form of the building enables maximum levels of solar radiation to be harnessed during the winter, whilst avoiding excess solar heat in summer.”

Angeles Hevia, Architects Journal

“The insulation is so good and the house so draught-proof that it meets code five in sustainability (super-high) and is often comfortably warm inside in winter with no heating on at all. It is, says Carl, one of the UK’s most efficient houses.

But none of this would be any good if it looked like a badly knitted jumper. The interior is modern and tranquil, an effect helped by its structure of concrete panels that came on a lorry from Cornwall, fixed to a steel frame, with a concrete staircase running up one side of the building, like a strip of folded paper.

The concrete is softened visually by being polished. The walls are white, interspersed with sliding doors of gently whitened birch ply, all done by Carl and his team over a 14-month build completed in 2012, when Carl took the summer off and his brother, Neil, was site foreman.”

Philippa Stockley, Evening Standard

“We presented the planners with what we wanted… an outstanding low energy prototype house (what I wanted), serene, timeless, and monastic (what my partner warned), that could demonstrate that a new house could be beautiful.”

Carl Turner

The house has been the recipient of, and shortlisted for, numerous awards:

2012 WAN World House of the year: Shortlisted to last 6. Only UK house on shortlist.

2013 Architizer A+ Awards, single residential dwelling longlisted and special mention: global housing award.

2013 NLA Awards, shortlisted in house category.

2013 AR House awards Highly Commended, published in AR, world best house award only UK house in last 10.

2013 Homes & Property Eco Living Award, Highly Commended (runner-up) for best Eco House category.

2013 RIBA London Regional Award Winner.

2013 RIBA National award Winner - only London house awarded.

2013 RIBA Manser Medal Winner for best UK house.

2013 RIBA Stephen Lawrence Award for best building under £1m - Shortlisted.

2013 Architect of the Year Awards - Winner best one off house category.