Best social housing community design for Global Awards shortlisted
LONDON: The shortlist for the best social housing community design has been declared.
Over 250 designs have been considered by the awards secretariat. One of the finalists in this category is shown above.
Architect Jeremy McLeod had a vision when he designed The Commons, a landmark Brunswick apartment block completed in 2013.
The director of Breathe Architecture’s premise was to create affordable housing that was both sustainable and inclusive, with a significant amount of social housing.
The award-winning development, close to Anstey railway station, became a design benchmark for what was to follow.
Fast-forward 10 years and Nightingale Village, a collection of six neighbouring buildings – Evergreen, Leftfield, CRT+YRD, ParkLife, Urban Coup and Skye House – just a block away from The Commons, continues a vision that remains true to Brunswick.
Each is designed by a different award-winning architect using social, environmental and financial sustainability principles.
Breathe Architecture, together with Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball, and Kennedy Nolan, collaborated on the buildings, which received this year’s Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize – an award for residential architecture (multiple housing) – together with a prize for urban design.
The Global Award winner will be announced in November in London. (Globals)
