A CREATIVE youngster has become Rugby’s youngest ever architect following a region-wide search.
Harry, nine, from Hillmorton Primary School, was named the winner of Redrow Midlands’ hunt for imaginative ‘Archi-tots of the future’, which challenged entrants to design their very own house of the future.
Harry impressed judges with his well thought-through and quirky design for a unique space home – an air-locked pod on Mars, with a long ladder instead of stairs and white cladding to regulate temperature.
Harry was awarded a prize of £100 in Amazon vouchers, as well as winning Amazon vouchers worth £150 for his school to encourage his classmates to get creative too.
Harry said: “I feel really proud of myself. When Mum told me I had won when I got home from school, I couldn’t believe it.
“I really enjoyed that I had the freedom to do whatever I wanted with my design. I could put in things like the dome, airlock and space suit as that’s what I think you would need if you lived on Mars.”
Winning the competition has also inspired Harry to think about his future career.
He said: “My dream is to be a professional rugby player – but I would also love to be an architect as they use lots of maths, which I like.
“I like drawing and being creative. If I could design houses, I would probably branch out into bigger buildings because you have more room for design on bigger buildings.”
Elaine Cartwright, Sales Director at Redrow Midlands, said: “We had lots of fantastic entries, but Harry’s imagination really stood out.
“We were so impressed that our values were reflected in Harry’s design that he just had to be the winner.
“We’ve no doubt Harry could have a promising architectural career ahead of him, should he choose to – and are sure he’ll be living in a home just like his design, 50 years from now!”
