Early this week, six shortlisted design concepts for the restoration and rebuilding of Clandon Park in Surrey, U.K.—an 18th-century Palladian, Grade II-listed house that burned down in April 2015—were announed by the competition's organizer, Malcolm Reading Consultants. Currently, all six design concepts are on display around Clandon Park and will remain on view until Oct. 1.
Built for the Onslow family in the 1720s, Clandon Park was designed by Italian architect Giacomo Leoni—one of Andrea Palladio's apprentices—and was one of his five standing structures in the U.K. The building was considered one of the important examples of Palladian mansions in the country, although the design draws upon eclecticism. Strong references to the architectural genre within the former mansion's design include symmetry and proportion, which were vividly evident in both the exterior and interior. In 1956, the house was donated to the National Trust by one of the descendants of the family.
The international design competition was launched back in March with a design brief calling for restoration of the damaged building. The participants were asked to take into consideration the significance of Clandon Park's existing fabric, and were encouraged to make use of the salvaged materials. The restoration of the historic interior includes the principal state rooms, marble hall, library, state bedroom, and the vaulted kitchen. The brief also asked for an event space and visitor facilities.
Judged by a jury comprising of heritage professionals and architects, six teams were selected from a pool of 60 initial stage entries encompassing of 278 individual firms. The shortlisted teams include: AL_A and Giles Quarme & Associates with Arup and Gross.Max; Allies and Morrison and Feilden+Mawson with Price & Myers, Max Fordham, Nissen Richards Studio, and Tom Stuart-Smith; Donald Insall Associates and Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Price & Myers, Max Fordham, Barker Langham, and Tom Stuart-Smith; Purcell and Sam Jacob Studio with Arup, QODA, Brendan Cormier, and Churchman Landscape Architects; Selldorf Architects, Cowie Montgomery Architects, and Martin Ashley Architects with Studio Otero Pailos, Arup, and Vogt Landscape Architects; Sergison Bates Architects and AOC Architecture with Philip Hughes Associates, Tom Stuart-Smith, Price & Myers, Ritchie+Daffin, Graphic Thought Facility, and Tavernor Consultancy.
The winner will be announced this fall, and the final design will be unveiled sometime in mid2018. Construction is expected to start in 2019.
