With its scalloped shingles, sunshine yellow window trim, and curved ceiling corners, this remodeled, Victorian-style house in London would fit right into a children’s book. This is no coincidence.

The RIBA has revealed the first two of the six finalists in the running for its 2025 House of the Year award Making the shortlist are a remote self-build home in the Outer Hebrides, known as Caochan ...