The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Wonderwall: Roof Gardens housing by Ollier Smurthwaite
The practice has created high-density housing at low-rise scale with this residential scheme in Manchester’s Castlefield, writes Fran Williams. Photography Pawel Paniczko
Housing
Recently completed housing schemes including social housing, student accommodation, PRS and retirement homes
Bryden Wood completes 71-unit infill housing scheme in Forest Hill
Formed of nine cedar-clad buildings, Churchwood Gardens is a £14 million rental-only housing development integrated into a refurbished landscaped garden
Morrow + Lorraine completes residential scheme in Marylebone
Part-retrofit, part-rebuild, the 675m² scheme also includes the refurbishment of a pub
Building study: Marmalade Lane cohousing by Mole Architects
The Cambridge scheme puts its residents’ wellbeing at the heart of building design, writes Jay Merrick. Photography David Butler
Vine Architecture Studio reconfigures east London apartment
The east London-based practice has painted a spiral stair yellow for this top-floor flat
‘Family Commune’ completed by Daykin Marshall Studio
A £458,000 new-build house and maisonette in Bethnal Green provide a model for interlinked communal living
Jestico + Whiles completes lightweight steel-frame housing above Channel Tunnel Rail Link
The 156-home development for Telford Homes on the Caledonian Road in north London regenerates a difficult embankment site
Leeds’ green blueprint: Climate Innovation District by White Arkitekter
Developer Citu’s £250 million development with 800 zero‑carbon homes, aims to accelerate the shift to sustainable cities. Rob Wilson assesses its first phase. Photography Mark Wheelwright
Zero performance gap: Pollard Thomas Edwards’ Virido development
The prototype homes on the southern edge of Cambridge are the first dwellings in the UK where as-built performance has been found to match that of the design. But where’s the beauty of the scheme? asks Fran Williams. Photography Tim Crocker
Mikhail Riches in Norwich: Passivhaus for the mass market
The Goldsmith Street development for Norwich City Council, due to complete this summer, shows that Passivhaus can lend itself to successful urban infill and placemaking, writes Hattie Hartman. Photography Tim Crocker / Mikhail Riches