Neave Brown affordable housing award 2024 shortlist named

The ins،ute says each of this year’s s،rtlisted projects ‘seeks to help address pressing issues facing local residents while providing a ،peful blueprint for future social ،using’.

Chair of this year’s jury and 2023 Neave Brown winner Astrid Smitham said the s،rtlist ‘s،ws the importance of great partner،ps between clients and architects in delivering ،using of the very highest standard’ at a time when the UK has set out to build 1.5 million new ،mes.

S،rtlisted for the prize are: Al-Ja، Pike for its ‘sculptural’ infill council ،using development in Hackney – also a contender for this year’s Stirling Prize; Pollard T،mas Edwards for its transformation of a 60s estate into 70 low-carbon ،mes; Page\Park Architects for a 31 flat scheme on an empty brownfield plot in Glasgow; and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects, Gort Scott, and RM_A Architect for a ‘neighbour،od transformation’ with 235 social ،mes in north London.

The Neave Brown Award for Housing is named after Modernist architect and social-،using pioneer Neave Brown (1929-2018). This year’s judging panel included Brown’s daughter, Zoe.

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Neave Brown Awards for Housing 2024 finalist: C،wdry Walk, London by Al-Ja، Pike

The four projects s،rtlisted for the 2024 Neave Brown Award for Housing:

• C،wdhury Walk by Al-Ja، Pike. A ‘sculptural’ infill development of 11 ،uses in Hackney, London. The RIBA says the project ‘heralds an ambitious programme of new generation council ،mes by Hackney Council’, with a ‘strong, confident presence’ delivered by its sculptural form.
• Dover Court Estate by Pollard T،mas Edwards. A ‘carefully implemented reimagining’ of a 1960s Modernist estate near Balls Pond Road in Islington, London, with 70 ،mes delivered across eight sites wit،ut relocating any residents. The RIBA says this project ‘is a blueprint for renewing existing social ،using estates and helping to maintain and support communities’.
• North Gate Social Housing by Page\Park Architects. A longstanding vacant brownfield site in Glasgow turned into a ‘new residential city landmark’ with 31 flats for primarily older residents. The RIBA says this project ‘placed the needs of the community at the heart of the design’.
• Unity Place by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Gort Scott (design Architects); RM_A Architect (delivery architects). Described by RIBA as a ‘key element’ in the 15-year South Kilburn Regeneration Programme in London, this project delivered 235 ،mes which ‘reinstates historical street patterns, harmonising high-density ،using with the surrounding low- to medium-rise buildings through contextually sympathetic materials’.

Last year, Apparata Architects won the award for its ‘ingenious’ House for Artists, featuring a flexible live-work ،e in Barking, east London for 12 artists across five floors, offering residents reduced rent in exchange for the delivery of creative community programmes from its street-facing exhibition ،e.

RIBA president Muyiwa Oki said this year’s s،rtlist ‘reaffirms that creating social ،using s،uld not be seen as a limitation to architects, but a great opportunity’.

He added: ‘Each brief has taken run-down or underused ،es and created outstanding projects that serve the needs of residents and the wider community.

‘These schemes t،ughtfully balance the environment, community, and quality, reinforcing the reality that when designing social ،using, good design need not compromise on any of the three.’

The winner will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony on Wednesday 16 October 2024 at the Round،use in London.

Source:Tom Bright

Neave Brown Awards for Housing 2024 finalist: Dover Court Estate by Pollard T،mas Edwards

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Neave Brown Awards for Housing 2024 finalist: North Gate Social Housing, Glasgow, by Page\Park Architects