Modern housing
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about modern housing
Project • By WR-AP • Private Houses
Wolpole Road
Envisaged as a modern interpretation of the mass house building aesthetic, set amongst an eclectic street scene in the suburbs of SW London, WR house showcases what is possible on a limited budget and within tight legislative planning constraints.
Ben Tynegate
Meeting all national space standard requirements, WR house is constituted from one type of contemporary brickwork, formulated in a range of bonding and coursing techniques.
Ben Tynegate
The fenestration has been lined with a copper shroud to add subtlety to the detailing whilst also offering the property an element of originality that echoes the ornate detailing last seen around residential fenestration openings in the Victorian period.
Ben Tynegate
The private ameni... More
Project • By CBA Architects • Housing
HOUSE CBCR
The house CBCR is located in a suburb of Luxembourg City. Build on a plot which provides a south-orientation with an open view on the valley landscape. The two- storey residential house with small studios in the basement consits of a total living area of 400 m2.All rooms are oriented to the south and benefit of the amazing view.The structural support consists of a concreet structure without internal supports, completely opended to the south and with a free floor plan: All fixtures and walls are wood post construction with dark glazed multiplex panels that include wardrobes and cupboards, thus providing flexibility in the long term. More
Project • By KUBE Architecture • Housing
Duvall Court
Duvall Court is a redevelopment of a previously “unbuildable” set of alley lots in Washington DC, and thus a re-establishment of a thriving “alley neighborhood.”
The site began as housing for workers in a local brewery in 1893, with small-scale rowhouses sharing an inner portion of the city block. Over time these uses of the alley blocks were gradually diminished, until DC Zoning Code deemed them “unbuildable” lots. The outer perimeter rowhouses that had developed later became the preferred standard for the DC block, and the inner lots often were unused open space.
In 2016, DC changed the zoning code to allow these abandoned alley lots to be once again buildable, and t... More