The front of the house, unrolled. The façade of Ragdale is taken apart and reassembled as a kit of theatrical flats. Doors, windows, trim, and siding become a domestic kit of parts, abstracted and rearranged in the round to form a summer stage. Pieces behave like an elevation pulled loose from the building and wrapped into space, turning familiar architectural elements into scenery for performance. Installed behind the house itself, the structure places the building in dialogue with its own façade, now operating as stagecraft rather than enclosure.
Front of House was selected as the winner of the 2026 Ragdale Ring competition.
Team: Paige Davidson, Julia McConnell, Simon Hollrah, Nicholas Needham, Genevieve Nichols, Emily Smith, Rifah Tasnia Heather Waters
Photography by Nicholas Needham
Title
Front of House
Date
2026
Client
Ragdale
The front of the house, unrolled. The façade of Ragdale is taken apart and reassembled as a kit of theatrical flats. Doors, windows, trim, and siding become a domestic kit of parts, abstracted and rearranged in the round to form a summer stage. Pieces behave like an elevation pulled loose from the building and wrapped into space, turning familiar architectural elements into scenery for performance. Installed behind the house itself, the structure places the building in dialogue with its own façade, now operating as stagecraft rather than enclosure.
Front of House was selected as the winner of the 2026 Ragdale Ring competition.
Team: Paige Davidson, Julia McConnell, Simon Hollrah, Nicholas Needham, Genevieve Nichols, Emily Smith, Rifah Tasnia Heather Waters
Photography by Nicholas Needham
Title
Front of House
Date
2026
Client
Ragdale
The front of the house, unrolled. The façade of Ragdale is taken apart and reassembled as a kit of theatrical flats. Doors, windows, trim, and siding become a domestic kit of parts, abstracted and rearranged in the round to form a summer stage. Pieces behave like an elevation pulled loose from the building and wrapped into space, turning familiar architectural elements into scenery for performance. Installed behind the house itself, the structure places the building in dialogue with its own façade, now operating as stagecraft rather than enclosure.
Front of House was selected as the winner of the 2026 Ragdale Ring competition.
Team: Paige Davidson, Julia McConnell, Simon Hollrah, Nicholas Needham, Genevieve Nichols, Emily Smith, Rifah Tasnia Heather Waters
Photography by Nicholas Needham
Title
Front of House
Date
2026
Client
Ragdale
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The front of the house, unrolled. The façade of Ragdale is taken apart and reassembled as a kit of theatrical flats. Doors, windows, trim, and siding become a domestic kit of parts, abstracted and rearranged in the round to form a summer stage. Pieces behave like an elevation pulled loose from the building and wrapped into space, turning familiar architectural elements into scenery for performance. Installed behind the house itself, the structure places the building in dialogue with its own façade, now operating as stagecraft rather than enclosure.
Front of House was selected as the winner of the 2026 Ragdale Ring competition.
Team: Paige Davidson, Julia McConnell, Simon Hollrah, Nicholas Needham, Genevieve Nichols, Emily Smith, Rifah Tasnia Heather Waters
Photography by Nicholas Needham
Title
Front of House
Date
2026
Client
Ragdale