Green-Roofed Maison L Renovation in France Scoops RIBA’s 2012 Manser Medal for New Home Design

The <a href="http://www.architecture.com">Royal Institute of British Architects</a> recently awarded this year's Manser Medal to <a href="http://www.pottgiesser.fr/">christian pottgiesser architecturespossibles</a> for their gorgeously renovated Maison L home in France. Originally an 18th century Orangery, the new home features five bedroom towers arranged around a sunken, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/norway-green-roof-homes/">green-roofed core</a>, and it's occupied by a very lucky family of six.

Maison L is a renovated orangery an hour's drive outside of Paris

It recently scooped the 2012 Manser Medal from RIBA for best new home design

The home features five bedroom towers arranged around a buried core

The core has a green roof and it's designed for the family to gather here

Natural light penetrates the interior through gaps between the cave like core and the surrounding towers

Each tower has its own bedroom and bathroom, as well as other amenities

The project is located on a 5,000 square meter wooded plot

Openings at the base of the tower spill into the surrounding landscape

A stone wall wrapped around the base integrates the whole program within the landscape

This diagram model depicts the whole program, which RIBA President called "no ordinary home!"