Inside the purest(?) house in Britain

Skywood House is a landmark of minimalist architecture by Graham Phillips, completed in 1999. Tucked into the English countryside, Skywood House is built entirely from glass, concrete, and steel. James takes you on a tour of the house, discussing what makes this unique building work: How do you design restraint? What does it mean to frame nature without dominating it? What makes this house - almost 25 years later - still feel contemporary? 📐 Topics covered: ● How Skywood House balances order, light, and proportion ● Why minimalist design demands rigour, not reduction ● The relationship between structure and visual calm ● How courtyards shape experience in plan and movement ● What makes minimalism enduring when done well 📐 Praise for "An Architect's Perspective": "The cinematic podcast series does a great job blending the visual immersion of Grand Designs with the reflective depth of Desert Island Discs" - The Independent "James Hamilton is a natural host, hugely likeable and engaging, even seeing beauty in a drainpipe." - The Daily Mirror "An Architect's Perspective recall such televisions series as Channel 4's Grand Designs and PBS's Cool Spaces! as well as the documentaries of Bêka & Lemoine." - World Architects 📐 Follow us: Website: jameshamiltonarchitects.com Instagram: @james_hamilton_architects TikTok: @jameshamiltonarchitects "An Architect's Perspective" is produced by OneFinePlay. OneFinePlay.com