Housing
The architects of two west London housing schemes – Brentford Lock West by Mae and Umpire View by Sarah Wigglesworth architects – consider the challenges of new development in the outer boroughs
Envelope
Precast brick components, facing brick and cast stone from Taylor Maxwell form key components of a major residential regeneration scheme in east London by Karakusevic Carson Architects
Building
A community-led development designed with Bell Phillips Architects provides new council-rent homes in Bermondsey, south London
Building
Fourthspace has completed a mid-century-inspired infill housing scheme in London
Viewpoint
Charles Saumarez Smith, Royal Academy of Arts chief executive, suggests that Richard MacCormac's newly-listed Shadwell Basin reveals him as 'postmodern’
Building
Community and communality drive Coffey Architects' design of a retirement housing complex in Surrey
Building
Studio 54’s adaptation of an electricity substation for residential use addresses fundamental questions of renewal versus heritage
Building Review
Reflective facades at a large apartment building by Simpson Haugh are a respectful response to neighbouring Battersea Power Station, finds Chris Darling
Building
Architype completes a low-energy housing development in Shropshire
Building
Waind Gohil + Potter Architects has neatly reworked a 1960s housing development in south-east London
Books
A timely and affectionate study of how an earlier UK government set about solving the country's housing crisis
Building
Newground Architects has completed a build-for-rent scheme as part of the redevelopment of The Old Vinyl Factory site in Hayes, west London
