The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
One Cartwright Gardens by Maccreanor Lavington with tp bennett
AJ Specification case study: a precast facade forms an urban-scaled crust to a city square
Housing
Recently completed housing schemes including social housing, student accommodation, PRS and retirement homes
Theatre Peckham’s pearlescent new home by Jestico + Whiles
A new studio theatre abuts a town hall conversion providing student accommodation
Converted industrial: The Lofts by Superfusionlab
AJ Specification case study: Superfusionlab has converted a north-west London industrial building into a light and airy residential development
ShedKM completes modular townhouses in North Shields for Urban Splash
A crescent of 24 three-storey modular townhouses at the historic Smith’s Dock site is the first phase of an 800-home development by Urban Splash, which will also include houses designed by TV presenter George Clarke and apartments by SimpsonHaugh
Flat share: Rehearsal Rooms housing by Newground Architects
This high-density, mixed-use development for the private rented sector, in west London, aims to establish a long-term neighbourhood of renters
Manchester placemaker: Hodder + Partners’ Cambridge Street housing
A two-tower PRS housing scheme, part of Terry Farrell and Partners’ 2004 Macintosh Village Masterplan, creates a muscular landmark, writes Jay Merrick
Aspirational renting: Vantage Point by GRID architects
Building study: Is this transformation of a north London office slab into private-rented-sector flats the shape of things to come? asks Catherine Slessor
Feature: Will build-to-rent transform the UK’s housing supply?
Characterised by communal facilities and a longer-term approach to finishes and detailing, the private rented sector is establishing a new building type. But can it solve the housing crisis? Rob Wilson reports
Case study: Hamson Barron Smith’s Passivhaus homes in Norwich
Carrowbreck Meadow, a development of 14 Passivhaus homes, is the largest of its kind in Norwich
Raising the game: Bell Phillips’ housing in Thurrock
Two public schemes, The Echoes and Bracelet Close, have created exemplars for the Essex borough, says Robert Bevan