British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a two-tower housing scheme in Croydon, south London, which the studio says is the world?s tallest residential modular building.
Named Ten Degrees, the housing scheme is 135 metres tall and comprises 546 rentable homes, an art gallery and a cafe over two towers spanning 38 and 44 storeys.
The housing scheme is located near the East Croydon station and marks the gateway to the borough's plans for a new cultural quarter.
Top: the building has a geometric terracotta facade. Above: the building is two towers combined
Ten Degrees incorporates almost 1,500 modules and was built in collaboration with Vision Modular Systems and Tide Construction, who manufactured the modular homes off-site.
HTA said that through using off-site modular manufacturing and construction methods, the studio was able to reduce typical carbon emissions by 40 per cent. It is located near East Croydon station
"Factory-made buildings are more energy-efficient than traditional buildings," HTA's managing partner Simon Bayliss told Dezeen.
"Issues such as airtightness, thermal bridging, and quality of the finished construction can be dealt with by working with the manufacturers and solving technical problems early in the design."
It marks the gateway to the borough's regeneration programme
Each of the tower's residential floors contains seven flats that range from one to three-bedroom homes. The homes include open-plan living spaces, floor-t...