Loyn & Co
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Loyn & Co Architects is an architectural firm based in Penarth near Cardiff, Wales. It was founded by the architect Chris Loyn in 1987.{{cite web |title=Chris Loyn |website=Building Dream Homes|publisher=BBC|date=19 April 2012 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3Mt12rRkN9j95ZH0wxTlFxG/chris-loyn |access-date=11 January 2015}}
The practice has twice won the Gold Medal for Architecture at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, in 2007 and 2014.{{cite news|author=Hopkirk, Elizabeth |title=Loyn & Co wins Welsh Gold Medal |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/loyn-and-co-wins-welsh-gold-medal/5070130.article |work=Building Design |date=4 August 2014 |access-date=7 January 2015}} Stormy Castle, the home that won the 2014 medal, also won the 2014 Manser Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).{{cite news |title=House compared to James Bond pad, and a Tesco branch - Stormy Castle in Llanmadoc - wins top architects' award |url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/House-compared-James-Bond-pad-Tesco-branch-Stormy/story-23221214-detail/story.html |work=South Wales Evening Post |place=Swansea |date=17 October 2014|access-date=11 January 2015 }}
- {{cite web |title=Stormy Castle in Wales is Britain's best new home - RIBA Manser Medal 2014 |work=Art Daily|date=16 October 2014 |url=http://artdaily.com/news/73859/Stormy-Castle-in-Wales-is-Britain-s-best-new-home---RIBA-Manser-Medal-2014#.VLKCx8lRSx0 |access-date=11 January 2015 }}
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Notable projects
- Outhouse, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, an earth-sheltered house on a rural hillside for two artists. It was shortlisted for the 2016 Stirling Prize and won the BBC News readers' favorite public vote.{{cite news |title=Riba Stirling Prize 2016: Rural concrete house wins people's vote |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37564778 |work=BBC News |date=6 October 2016 |access-date=24 November 2016}}
- Upside Down House, Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan and Millbrook House, Cardiff - both shortlisted for the Gold Medal for Architecture 2015.{{cite news |author=Morgan, Sion |title=From cliff perched houses to a grass-roofed primary school, the most beautiful new buildings pushing the boundaries of Welsh architecture |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cliff-perched-houses-grass-roofed-primary-9582130 |work=Wales Online |date=3 July 2015 |access-date=3 February 2018}}
- Stormy Castle, a sustainable home on the Gower Peninsula{{cite news |author=Roux, Caroline |title=RIBA's Manser Medal shortlist announced |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/property-and-architecture/44239/ribas-manser-medal-shortlist-announced.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905101153/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/property-and-architecture/44239/ribas-manser-medal-shortlist-announced.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 September 2014 |access-date=11 January 2015}} - winner of the Eisteddfod Gold Medal for Architecture 2014 and the RIBA Manser Medal.
- Water Tower (residential conversion), Cyncoed, Cardiff - winner of the Gold Medal for Architecture 2007, breaking the Eisteddfod's normal tradition of making the award for a public building.{{cite news |author=Clark, Rhodri |title=Judges decide not to award crafts gold medal |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/judges-decide-not-award-crafts-2230017 |work=Wales Online |date=6 August 2007 |access-date=11 January 2015 }}
- Raisdale Road, Penarth (2001), Loyn & Co's first newbuild property{{cite news|author=Weston, Richard|author-link=Richard Weston (architect)|title=A rare creature |work=Touchstone |publisher=RSAW |date=Spring 2001 |issue=9 |pages=7–9 }} and winner of a Welsh Housing Design Award in 2002.{{cite news|title=Cardiff boasts four of the best |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cardiff+boasts+four+of+the+best.-a095247028 |work=Western Mail |date=12 December 2002 |access-date=11 January 2015 }}
- St Donat's Arts Centre, modern theatre extension to a 14th-century barn (1995)
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External links
- {{official|http://loyn.co.uk/}}
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Category:Architecture firms of Wales
Category:Design companies established in 1987
Category:Welsh Eisteddfod Gold Medal winners
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