Tag Housing

27-09-2023

Casa Encinos by APT, a fusion of form and function respectful of the local context

With Casa Encinos, Architect Lilian Rebollo from the APT arquitectura para todos studio has created a small architectural gem that respects the breathtaking natural context of the Santo Domingo Ocotitlán village situated in the El Tepozteco National Park, in Mexico. The use of local materials, techniques and labour makes the project particularly sustainable.

07-12-2022

Wallmakers: The Ledge, a projecting architecture over the mountains of Kerala

The latest project by Vinu Daniel and Wallmakers - dubbed ‘The Ledge’ - is a wedge-shaped architecture overhanging a cliff in Peeremedu, southern India. Casuarina wood, a humble material usually considered nothing more than building waste, is here lent a sense of nobility and vigour.

17-11-2022

Henley Halebrown Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road in London

In London, the hybrid building designed by Henley Halebrown combines a new primary school with an affordable housing complex. The project was selected as one of six finalists for the RIBA Stirling Prize and won the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2022, a RIBA award reserved for social housing projects.

14-11-2022

MVRDV Gaîté Montparnasse urban regeneration in Paris

In the French capital, the architectural studio MVRDV is working on an urban block, reusing significant parts of a previous building, constructed in the 1970s, to create a new mixed-use complex. The new project creates a more welcoming building by streamlining the existing uses and expanding the offer with new social housing and a kindergarten.

11-11-2022

Peris+Toral Arquitectes, beautiful and affordable housing

The Peris+Toral Arquitectes studio has created a five-storey building with 54 social housing units in Barcelona, in the Bon Pastor district. An architecture that offers housing that is not only affordable, but also beautiful and sustainable. In fact, the project was shortlisted for the FAD Award for Architecture 2022 and received a special mention in the HISPALYT Architecture Awards 2022.

15-09-2022

TOVA 3D printed house in local earth by IAAC

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) presents Spain's first 3D printed building using earth. The building, constructed using a Crane WASP – the architectural 3D printer – illustrates new ways of addressing the social and environmental challenges of the future through the IAAC’s various education and research programs.

17-08-2022

Djernes & Bell: historic apartment transformation in Copenhagen

Djernes & Bell’s first project involves transformation of a nineteenth-century apartment in the historic centre of Copenhagen featuring communicating rooms and luxurious details well worth restoring. The architects see architecture as repair, because they believe that “what already exists is the most sustainable thing possible”.

27-07-2022

Mecanoo The Grace: two new residential towers for The Hague

The city council of The Hague has approved the design by the architectural firm Mecanoo for the construction of The Grace. This residential complex consisting of two towers, one 150 metres high and the other 180 metres, will provide 1400 new properties to meet the growing demand for affordable housing.

28-06-2022

MAD Architects Baiziwan Social Housing Beijing

Baiziwan Social Housing is the first social housing project by architect Ma Yansong and his firm MAD Architects. The project represents the culmination of research conducted by the architect since 2014, in the course of lectures held at Tsinghua University and Beijing Architecture University, and addressing the topic of social housing.