CIVIC and HTA Design’s conservation-led renewal of Chelsea’s historic Sutton Estate transforms four Edwardian mansion blocks into sustainable homes while restoring the estate’s architectural character and reshaping its landscape into a sociable, biodiverse network of gardens.
Bold in ambition, but compromised in delivery, Office S&M’s terrace of three family homes in a Hertfordshire village shows how commercial reality can dilute good ideas. Ellen Peirson applauds the bravery of a riposte to standard developer housing that has survived against the odds.
Coldefy’s social housing development in Lille draws inspiration from the industrial past of the Rives de la Haute-Deûle district to create a sustainable and community-centred living environment.
Threefold Architects’ affordable housing scheme in Harrow for Pocket Living delivers 149 compact homes enriched by generous communal landscapes, bridging the architectural heritage of the high street with the needs of a new generation of renters and first-time buyers.
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with FabSpeed and Velux, exploring how architects, clients and self-builders are developing new housing types and delivery models to address the housing crisis.
It’s taken Unboxed Homes more than a decade to deliver a short terrace of custom-build homes in Peckham, south London. Why did it take so long? And was it worth the wait?
Join us on Wednesday 23rd April to learn about the new housing types and new means of delivery being carried out by architects, clients and self-builders to address the housing crisis.
AT talks to…Publica about their research-led methodologies, participatory planning, and innovative urban policies that are being used to create safer cities around the world.
AT talks to Emily Newton, Associate Director at Assael, about the practice’s Urban Family Housing concept, and how being an architect and working mother influences her design and leadership approach.
Levitt Bernstein’s Passivhaus-certified social housing for Newham Council adds new affordable and sustainable units in East London.
Peris + Toral Arquitectes’ radical social housing scheme in Cornellà, Spain, wins RIBA International Prize for world’s most transformative building.
What are the key issues and challenges affecting today’s housing market, and how are these influencing the latest thinking in bathroom design? These questions were addressed by a panel of experts at a round table discussion in London hosted by Architecture Today and VitrA.
