
A furious architect whose £800,000 'dream' home was shortlisted in a competition which highlights Britain's ugliest buildings has hit out at judges and 'called into question the validity of the contest'.

Chris Moore's low-energy eco home in Streatham, south London was shortlisted in the Carbuncle Cup, Building Design Magazine's annual competition, which lists the worst eyesores in the country.

While the competition was won by the Redrock Stockport, a £45 million leisure complex and car park, judges described Mr Moore's lurid orange, three-storey property as an 'alien blot on the streetscape' that looks 'more like an electricity substation than a home'.

And the editor of the magazine, Thomas Lane claimed the house had 'the appearance of a red-faced child'.

Chris Moore's low-energy home is located in a conservation area of leafy Streatham, a southern London suburb

But a bemused Mr Moore, who studied at London's Bartlett School of Architecture, and lives in his £800,000 home with his fiancee and 20-month-old daughter, fired back at the judges.

Speaking to the Evening Standard, Mr Moore said his homes nomination 'called into question' the award's validity.'

He said: 'My house has no impact on anyone other than the few people living on my road,'

Judges described Mr Moore's home as an 'alien blot on the streetscape'

'This is at best a local issue, and shouldn't be compared to the other buildings nominated.'

He insists the prize would be more useful highlighting 'large abuses of public space'.

Mr Moore, a partner at architectural firm, Pace Jefford Moore, told MailOnline including homes designed by individuals and not architectural firms, the competition may put off budding architects from designing properties.

He said: 'Nominating private houses runs the risk of architects being dissuaded from building homes.

'If individuals run the risk of being nominated for something like this, they are likely to be less conservative and less brave about selecting a design.'

He added that he called for the competition to 'rethink' its nomination criteria.

Previous winners of the competition include the 'Walkie Talkie' in the City.

Other nominees this year included Lewisham Gateway, and Haydn Tower at Nine Elms Point in Vauxhall.

Mr Moore spent about £280,000 building the home after paying £160,000 for the land in 2013.

The home has solar panels and over a foot of insulation throughout, while the shutter-like windows help regulate temperature.

Mr Moore's home has small windows to prevent heat loss and prison-like shutters instead of blocked out glass panes to bring a small amount of sunlight in

A floor plan of Mr Moore's home which he spent about £280,000 building after paying £160,000 for the land in 2013

The home has solar panels and over a foot of insulation throughout, while the shutter-like windows help regulate temperature

Building Design Magazine, came up with the idea in 2006 to poke fun at some of the worst new structures in the country.

The name of the unusual competition comes from Prince Charles's notorious 1986 attack on the proposed extension for the National Portrait Gallery in London.

The Prince described the building as a 'monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend'.

Building Design Magazine has been contacted by MailOnline for comment.