Affordable housing

The project seeks to explore how architectural design can support communality and inclusion while reinterpreting the semi-dense perimeter block typology in a former warehouse area, Postipuisto, in Helsinki, Finland. Mika Huisman Mika Huisman Mika Huisman Social inclusion forms the core of the design. The housing block accommodates affordable housing, co-housing, rental apartments, and owner-occupied units. The different housing tenure types share a common courtyard for all residents. The design of plan types is adjusted for each unit. For instance, the affordable apartments at the eastern tip of the block were designed for a local organization providing housing for low-income residents. Here, apartments for different househo... More

This is a compact single-family home, built at the northwestern edge to maximize the garden space facing the best views. BJ Arquitectes BJ Arquitectes The building is situated on a very small plot and, unlike the neighboring structures, it does not fully utilize the buildable area and instead integrates with the terrain. Caption BJ Arquitectes Moreover, a large white shell tilts slightly towards the southeast to create space for the access passage and extends protectively over the garden. A recessed area on the ground floor, marked by a porch, indicates the entrance to the house. BJ Arquitectes BJ Arquitectes More

The clients knew that they had found a beauty the moment they visited this site with sea views for the first time. So much so, that they decided to continue living in their caravan for a few more years while they saved up their money to put a small but beautiful designed house onto the site. Artis Homes Artis Homes Artis Homes Our design team had to work within the constraints of the site while ensuring the main living area and bedroom could profit from the view. The main living area is warm yet spacious, with its raking ceiling and timber lining. Artis Homes Artis Homes Artis Homes The house has large decks along the northern face, which make you feel as though you are up in a tree house. There is even space... More

Customized livingThe property is on the edge of the Gründerzeit development in the Jakomini district to the south of Augarten. Characteristic features of this development are perimeter blocks with green and quiet inner courtyards and a homogeneous, imposing appearance on the street side. For the representative front of the building facing Schönaugürtel, a sculptural façade projecting forwards and backwards was envisaged, which guides individual views to the East and the West. David Schreyer David Schreyer On this basis, we planned a student residence with approximately 360 rooms. Split into 3 room types varying between 19-25m2 including bathroom. The rooms are located in the eastern and southern part of the... More

Situated on the outskirts of Austin within the Oakcrest Ranchettes subdivision, Project RtecH|VE covers 1.5 acres and transcends the traditional residential project concept. It's crafted as a vibrant ecosystem that seamlessly integrates art, technology, and sustainable practices. This development serves as a creative nexus for artists, tech innovators, and entrepreneurs, fostering an environment ripe for collaboration and a melting pot of ideas and cultural exchange. Esra Karagoz | onE.GLobe | EK Architecture, PLLC Esra Karagoz | onE.GLobe | EK Architecture, PLLC Esra Karagoz | onE.GLobe | EK Architecture, PLLC Project RtecH|VE distinguishes itself using modular, adaptable living units, which can be 3D printed in assorted cl... More

The five-apartment apartment building is located in a green area of Budapest on a sloping plot surrounded by old trees. Respecting this natural setting it was built without cutting a single tree. It aims to combine the elegance, materiality, and personality of the local villas from the turn of the century with the functionality and modernity of the small-scale quality condominium architecture in a compact building. The result is a simple, archetypal, compact mass broken by the corner terraces, the asymmetrically placed pitched roof and the rounded railings of the roof terrace.  Balázs Danyi Balázs Danyi The lower two floors, which contain four apartments with covered terraces, merge into the earth with their br... More

Mariposa Lily transformed a city-owned vacant lot in the Koreatown/Pico-Union neighborhood with 41-units of affordable and permanent supportive housing for low- and very low-income families and seniors. The development’s unit mix includes studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units, all of which are fully accessible for residents regardless of their mobility status. Jonathan Ramirez ArchLenz Photography Eric Staudenmaier The project utilizes the City of Los Angeles’ transit oriented communities ordinance to increase density and reduce parking, in exchange for providing much needed affordable and permanent supportive housing units that  address Los Angeles’ chronically homeless population. E... More

UNI+house is a project presenting a variation of different single-family homes. Each project is a combination of quality architecture and innovative residential housing.  UNI_07 is a one floor, two-bedroom house. This specific design is UNIversal and has an option to be UNIquely adaptable to individual needs. Hence the name UNI. UNI_07 comes with one spacious terrace and expressed entrance, all to boost your experience from the first steps on the site.   UNI_house UNI_house As any other UNI_house project, this one too can be placed in any given site. However the plan structure is a bit more intriguing. Floor is divided into two main zones: resting and family activities. Right from the entrance you can reach the living... More

The idea of place making and the creation of a local community have been central in the design proposal for the new social housing complex in Larnaca. The design process has been informed by the challenges of the site and program as well as by a set of goals such as to create a distinctive identity and a strong sense of neighbourhood whilst integrating into the wider urban fabric, to provide open communal spaces and opportunities for social interaction and to design inexpensive but sustainable structures. NANA The programmatic requirement for 35 apartments is divided in four building units. The polygonal shape of the buildings allows for unobstructed views from every room while at the same time producing more free space between the bu... More

Pacific Landing is a mixed-use, Net Zero, LEED Platinum-certified affordable housing project designed for people with disabilities and low-income residents. Located on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica, near downtown and the beach, it replaces a former gas station on a 14,160-square-foot corner lot with a 42,000-square-foot, four-story building developed by Community Corp of Santa Monica. The project provides 37 residences along with social services, a café, and community amenities to support its residents holistically. Patrick TIGHE Architecture Patrick TIGHE Architecture Architecture rooted in sustainability and communityThe design reinterprets traditional home imagery through broken-down massing, creating smaller volume... More

Brunel Street Works is a vibrant new urban quarter for Canning Town, containing 975 homes, of which 35% are affordable and 30% are designed for families. Completed in Autumn 2022, the mixed-use scheme was delivered in joint venture by Opal (Countryside Partnerships and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing), with L&Q, Fizzy Living and Linden Homes (part of Vistry Group) as partners - Linden Homes sold the open market properties. The GLA held a mini competition tender process which was won by the Opal Joint Venture Board, a joint venture between Galliford Try and Thames Valley Housing. The GLA’s brief was for a residential led scheme through new forms of funding and the provision of circa 96,000 sq ft of mixed uses. JTP were appoint... More