The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Gbolade Design Studio completes split-level townhouses in Crystal Palace
Hermitage Mews comprises eight townhouses on a narrow, sloping plot along Beulah Hill in Crystal Palace, south London, designed to meet net-zero targets
Housing
Recently completed housing schemes including social housing, student accommodation, PRS and retirement homes
Andre Kong Studio reworks Portuguese farmhouse into student units
Working with Lisbon studio Barbosa Mateus arquitetos, the London-based practice has converted the 19th century building into 19 compact living units
Duchesse, Notan Office’s ‘Micro City’ in Molenbeek
In Brussels, local practice Notan Office has created a finely considered residential development by cutting volumes away from the existing industrial buildings on the site and reusing much of their fabric
Grounded and Stitch complete 12 social homes for Croydon Council
The infill scheme in South Norwood, one of the last projects to be completed by now-defunct developer Brick By Brick, replaces garages with 12 socially rented homes
Proctor & Matthews designs new ‘cluster’ neighbourhood in Ireland
The 69-home Wilkinsons Brook development is clustered around neighbourhood spaces in an arrangement inspired by historic rural clachan settlements
Fraser Brown Mackenna completes shared ownership homes in Bow
FBM Architects has completed its 2,722m2 Regent Place development in Bow, east London, providing 32 shared ownership homes for Gateway Housing Association
ACME completes Aldgate apartment building with stepped form
ACME has completed The Haydon, a high-rise residential block providing 87 apartments, all designed to benefit from panoramic views through the building’s projecting massing
Sidcup success story: library and cinema by DRDH
Storyteller combines a library, cinema and housing in a scheme remarkable for the intelligence and generosity of its design, writes David Knight. Photography by David Grandorge
MCW Architects completes Cambridge mixed-use scheme
The combination of flats and retail space at Newnham Mill Pond replaces an Edwardian building, unused since 2016
Going full circle: new housing on former Berlin brewery
A mixed-use retrofit project in Berlin takes truly circular planning and construction a step further