The experience of living in two very different housing projects in Southampton – one traditionalist, one modernist – taught Owen Hatherley to ask questions about the impact of municipal decision-making on the evolution of his home town and embark on a career as a writer.
McGrath Road by Peter Barber Architects has been named the winner of the 2021 Neave Brown Award for Housing, a prize given by RIBA to the best new high-quality and affordable housing project in the UK.
Stolon Studio champions the virtues of “sociable housing”, where small communities are nurtured by shared outdoor space, but the lockdowns of the past 16 months have seen this building type truly come into its own.
An AT webinar explored how new housing typologies can complement contemporary lifestyles while also promoting greater social cohesion and sustainability.
An AT webinar exploring how new housing typologies can complement contemporary lifestyles while also promoting greater social cohesion and sustainability is taking place on Wednesday 31 March
Three Greenwich housing projects show the importance of the city to the work of Peter Barber, finds Nana Biamah-Ofosu
Urban design A new town in Scotland provides a model that others should follow, says John Melvin
A listed London fire station has been sensitively transformed into energy-efficient apartments by Tate Harmer
Building MJP Architects opts for barn-like forms for student accommodation on an edge-of-town campus
Viewpoint Housing developers benefit from hearing a wider range of voices, says Chloë Phelps, head of design at Brick by Brick
Building Art Deco influences inform a South London mixed-use scheme by Common Ground Architecture
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A residential development by Child Graddon Lewis is conceived as a contemporary interpretation of the traditional terraced house
