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UK Trends/on November 27, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Social housing in Barcelona wins RIBA International Prize 2024

A social housing project in Barcelona by local studio Peris + Toral Arquitectes has been named the winner of this year’s RIBA International Prize. Named 85 Social Dwellings in Cornellà, the project was selected as the winner of the biannual award by the Royal Institute of…

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UK Trends/on September 29, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Aluminium shutters create “defensive” facade for Portuguese housing block

Architecture studio Bureau des Mésarchitecture has completed an apartment block in Leiria, Portugal, wrapped in concrete and gold aluminium shutters. Situated on a corner site where the old and new neighbourhoods of Leiria meet, the block of five apartments is connected to an existing, yellow-painted…

UK Trends/on May 26, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Peris+Toral Arquitectes uses stone for Living in Lime social housing

Walls of limestone and sandstone reference the traditional architecture of Mallorca at Living in Lime, a social housing block in Son Servera by Spanish studio Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Living in Lime contains 42 housing units designed by Peris+Toral Arquitectes to have minimal visual impact on the surrounding…

UK Trends/on April 8, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted brick…

Scalloped facades featuring tones of cream and red brick define a U-shaped housing block by Bell Phillips in Marylebone in central London. Named Cosway Street after the road on which the building sits, the design of the 49-home development in the Lisson Grove Conservation area…

UK Trends/on April 8, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

RKTB cantilevers Brooklyn housing block over neighbouring building

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. The building is located in the Crown Heights neighbourhood, near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn…

UK Trends/on April 7, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Fifty architecture studios leading the social housing revival

To round off our Social Housing Revival series, we’ve put together a list of 50 architecture studios around the world that have made a name for themselves through their work on social housing. For the past month, the Social Housing Revival has explored how we…

UK Trends/on April 7, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Ædifica presents “vision of densification” for housing block in Montreal

Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a…

UK Trends/on April 7, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

This week we showcased 50 Social Housing Revival studios

This week on Dezeen, we wrapped up our Social Housing Revival series by looking at 50 architecture studios around the world that are designing social housing. To conclude our month-long series, we put together a list of key architecture studios that are currently at the…

Tips/on November 7, 2023/ By admin

Housing Lotteries in America and How It Works in NYC

The pursuit of affordable housing is a common challenge for many Americans. With skyrocketing rent prices and a shortage of affordable homes, finding an affordable place to live can be a daunting task. Fortunately, housing lotteries have emerged as a creative solution to this problem,…

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