The McGrath Road housing project by Peter Barber Architects in east London has won this year's RIBA Neave Brown Award for Housing 2021.
The brick scheme was given the award, which is presented to the best new affordable housing scheme in the UK by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), at a ceremony last week.
McGrath Road has won this year's Neave Brown Award for Housing
"Intelligent, dynamic and original ? this unique configuration of housing has the McGrath Road community at its heart," said Simon Allford, president of RIBA.
"It's an exemplar of high-quality social housing within one of London's most densely populated boroughs and demonstrates what can ? and must ? be achieved across the country."
The housing has distinctive recessed arches The social housing estate, built for the London Borough of Newham, is made up of 26 townhouses fronted with distinctive recessed arches and arranged around a central courtyard.
Every home is three or four storeys tall and has a balcony, a private terrace and a living room on the top floor with views across London, while all are for social rent, affordable rent or shared ownership.
It is Peter Barber Architects latest London housing scheme
Peter Barber Architects has built up a reputation for high-quality, unusual social housing projects across London, with its founder Peter Barber awarded an OBE in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
The practice previously told Dezeen that the McGrath Road estate ...