is an architectural firm based in penarth near cardiff wales . it was founded by architect chris loyn in 1987 . 1 the practice has twice won the gold medal for architecture at the national eisteddfod of wales in 2007 and 2014 . 2 stormy castle the home that won the 2014 medal also won the 2014 manser medal from the royal institute of british architects riba . 3 4 converted water tower cyncoed cardiff notable projects edit stormy castle a sustainable home on the gower peninsula 5 winner of the eisteddfod gold medal for architecture 2014 2 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 . 6 raisdale road penarth 2001 loyn & co s first newbuild property 7 and winner of a welsh housing design award in 2002 . 8 st donat s arts centre modern theatre extension to a 14th century barn 1995 references edit chris loyn . building dream homes bbc . 19 april 2012 . retrieved 2015 01 11 . a b hopkirk elizabeth 4 august 2014 . loyn & co wins welsh gold medal . building design . retrieved 7 january 2015 . house compared to james bond pad and a tesco branch stormy castle in llanmadoc wins top architects award . south wales evening post . swansea . 17 october 2014 . retrieved 2015 01 11 . stormy castle in wales is britain s best new home riba manser medal 2014 . artdaily.org . 16 october 2014 . retrieved 2015 01 11 . roux caroline 14 september 2014 . riba s manser medal shortlist announced . the telegraph . retrieved 2015 01 11 . clark rhodri 6 august 2007 . judges decide not to award crafts gold medal . wales online . retrieved 2015 01 11 . weston richard spring 2001 . a rare creature . touchstone 9 . rsaw . pp. 7 9 . cardiff boasts four of the best . western mail . 12 december 2002 . retrieved 2015 01 11 . external links edit official website this article about a united kingdom architect or firm of architects is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title loyn % 26 co & oldid 643433519 categories british architect stubsarchitecture firms of walescompanies established in 1987welsh eisteddfod gold medal winnershidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 january 2015 at 22 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view