Housing – Page 6
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Building StudyHouse at Borreraig & Kirk house, Garve by Dualchas Architects
James Benedict Brown visits two domestic projects on the Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects that are part of an increasingly sophisticated rural portfolio
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Building StudyBridport House, east London, by Karakusevic Carson Architects
The first social housing block in Hackney for 45 years, Karakusevic Carson’s Bridport House is a rallying cry to get boroughs building
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Building StudyCommunity in a Cube, Middlehaven, by Fat Architects
Will Alsop’s psychedelic rethink of Middlesbrough’s docklands died away in the cold light of austerity, leaving Fat’s idiosyncratic new apartment building very much out on its own
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InspirationsPeter St John's inspiration: Housing at the Gallaratese Quarter by Aldo Rossi
Aldo Rossi’s Gallaratese housing in Milan showed Peter St John that modern architecture could incorporate classical themes
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Building StudyFirst look: Delvendahl Martin Architects' private house, Forest Hill, London
Delvendahl Martin Architects has won planning for a radical remodelling of a private house in Forest Hill, south-east London.
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Building StudyDrawing board: S333's Old Dairy, Bloomsbury
S333 rethinks the London mews with its terraced housing on the site of a former Express Dairy distribution centre
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Building StudyThe Long House, Norfolk, by Hopkins Architects
Close to the Norfolk coast, The Long House is the latest holiday home for Living Architecture
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TechnicalOpen House in Hamburg by Onix Architekten
This Passivhaus for communal living produces more energy than it uses.
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TechnicalOlympic Sailing Village by HTA Architects
HTA’s athletes’ village in Dorset mixes traditional materials with an up-to-date approach to energy generation
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Building StudyGrauwaart housing at Leidsche Rijn by Biq and Korth Tielens
New housing at Leidsche Rijn, the Netherlands’ largest Vinex estate, offers an urban counterpoint to the surrounding development
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Building StudyRedbridge Welcome Centre by Peter Barber Architects
The open-plan layout of Peter Barber’s centre for the homeless in Ilford, east London, creates a lively atmosphere conducive to getting things done
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TechnicalDe Korhoenders sheltered housing
Wingender Hovenier Architecten’s brick residential building for disabled youth in the Netherlands provides a careful balance between communal and private space
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InspirationsJulian Lewis’s inspiration: the 1960 Olympic Village, Rome
Julian Lewis of East looks to the outskirts of Rome for an example of rich urban placemaking
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Building StudyPeabody Avenue social housing in Pimlico, London, by Haworth Tompkins
A new social housing scheme in central London for Peabody marks a deliberate move away from novelty in favour of longevity
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Building StudyRue du Cendrier housing by Sergison Bates and Jean-Paul Jaccaud
Sergison Bates has teamed up with Swiss architect Jean-Paul Jaccaud to create a Geneva social housing project that resolves a long-standing urban fault
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InspirationsCany Ash’s Inspiration: Unité d’Habitation, France
Source: Gareth Gardner Refurbished elevation: As well as apartments, the Unité contained 26 different community uses including a commercial floor of shops and a rooftop paddling pool.
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Building StudyFirst Look: Peter Barber’s ziggurat homes form fourth side of Stepney site
Peter Barber Architects has revealed plans for a new social housing development set around a community garden, at Hannibal Road in Stepney, east London.
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Building StudyWohnWerk, Basel, by Christ & Gantenbein
A scheme that combines live and work space for a community of adults with learning difficulties invests archetypal building types with a high level of specificity
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InspirationsJonathan Woolf’s inspiration: Mies van der Rohe's Krefeld villas, Germany
For architect Jonathan Woolf, Mies van der Rohe’s Krefeld villas offered a masterclass in how to approach the design of his own Brick Leaf House
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TechnicalNeo Bankside by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
The diagonal steel bracing is a core part of this residential development’s identity — and because of its prominence, it had to look exactly right