The Townships Farmhouse designed by LAMAS — the firm of Assistant Professor Vivian Lee and Lecturer James Macgillivray — won Architizer’s A+ Awards, in the Residential – Private House XL > 5000 sq ft category.

From the project description on Architizer:

“In the eastern townships of Quebec, the courtyard configuration for barns has been used since the mid-19th century for convenience of access and for shelter against the wind.
For this working farm, our first design decision was to take the concept of the “aisle” from barns—essentially a thoroughfare for bringing in materials and livestock—and repurpose it outwards to capture views from the surrounding fields. Because the house is arranged in a courtyard formation it goes back in on itself and the interior spaces can be superimposed onto the background of the landscape in unexpected compositions.”
 

For each category, five finalists were chosen as a winner through a popular vote. The Jury Winners and Popular Choice Winners was announced on April 11, 2017 with an Award Gala Event taking place in May.

To view all projects considered for the Architizer A+ Awards, visit awards.architizer.com/winners-gallery/finalists/