The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
ACME’s Folkestone Harbour Seafront comes to market
The first of a promenade of blocks set to transform Folkestone’s seafront under a masterplan by ACME has been erected, fitted-out and marketed. Will it transform the town’s fortunes too?
Housing
Recently completed housing schemes including social housing, student accommodation, PRS and retirement homes
Citizens House by Archio: for the people by the people
The 11-home housing scheme, champions the community land trust model with Archio selected to design the scheme by members of the local community, writes Fran Williams. Photography French+Tye
Shedkm completes first phase of Birkenhead factory-built waterside community
Thirty factory-built homes at Wirral Waters form the first phase of Peel L&P’s waterside community on Birkenhead’s historic docks
Stolon Studio completes low-carbon flood-resilient housing in Beckenham
Stables Yard is a low-carbon housing scheme in south-east London using modern methods of construction and including a shared access deck for community interaction
Welcome to Worthing: Bayside by Allies and Morrison
The mixed-use scheme is a striking addition to the seafront, designed to act as a gateway to the West Sussex coastal town
OB Architecture completes seven-unit residential scheme in Tunbridge Wells
This multi-unit development follows the contours of its steeply sloping site in a series of curved and tiered setbacks
dMFK completes Phase 2 of Nestlé Factory restoration in Hayes
dMFK has delivered 110 loft-style apartments for Barratt London in the former Nestlé chocolate factory building in west London
Mary Duggan and RUFF complete ‘pavilions in park’ housing in Croydon
Red Clover Gardens consists of 157 homes for private sale, affordable and social rent, arranged across five facetted blocks within a landscaped park-like setting
Curl la Tourelle Head completes Sutton social housing
Curl la Tourelle Head has completed 28 homes across five infill sites for £4.4 million in a commission for the London Borough of Sutton
Avanti completes council residential infill scheme across three sites in Dover
Avanti has completed a development for Dover District Council offering a mix of social-rent, shared ownership and private units intended to set a benchmark for inclusive, tenure-blind housing in the region