The New Towns Taskforce is entrusting the delivery of new settlements to development corporations. Architect-turned-developer Russ Edwards explains why housing associations’ culture of stewardship and resilience makes them a better fit for the role.
HTA Design’s 32-storey co-living tower in North Acton employs volumetric modular construction to deliver 462 compact homes above a reinstated neighbourhood pub.
A pair of Passivhaus buildings in Lewisham by Levitt Bernstein brings older residents and students into close proximity, using shared routes, gardens and flexible homes to test a new, fully affordable model of intergenerational living.
Nissen Richards Studio’s transformation of a former dairy farm reinterprets agricultural forms to create a small collection of low-carbon homes on the Kent–East Sussex border.
Collective Architecture's 136-unit residential development at the former Victoria Infirmary site in Glasgow skilfully balances competing demands for density, heritage and public realm.
Foster + Partners has completed a pair of 180-metre-high residential towers in Shenzhen, China, aimed at supporting health, wellbeing and community for work-focused professionals.
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.
Radmat discusses how its state-of-the-art thermal insulation played a key role at Gasholders London, designed by WilkinsonEyre.
Sapphire Balconies delivers elegant, fire-safe solutions for a major housing redevelopment scheme in west London.
Farrells completes the 15-year transformation of Lots Road Power Station – the 'cathedral of the industrial age' - into Chelsea Waterfront's Powerhouse.
Sapphire’s cantilevered architectural balconies enhance outdoor living at Brent Cross Town in north-west London.
