The revamp of a 1960s estate and a stepped brick terrace on an infill site feature on the 2024 shortlist for the Royal Institute of British Architects' Neave Brown Award for Housing.
A neighbourhood with 235 socially rented homes also features on the four-strong shortlist, alongside apartments tailored to older residents on a vacant brownfield site.
The Neave Brown Award for Housing is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to celebrate the UK's best new affordable homes.
It is given in memory of modernist architect Neave Brown, who was a pioneer of social housing.
Chowdhury Walk is shortlisted for the Neave Brown Award for Housing. Photo by Rory Gardiner
Three of this year's shortlisted projects are in London. These are Dover Court Estate by Pollard Thomas Edwards, Unity Place by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects, Gort Scott and RM_A Architect, and Chowdhury Walk by Al-Jawad Pike ? a project also shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. The only project outside of London is North Gate Social Housing in Glasgow by PagePark.
RIBA president Muyiwa Oki said the shortlist demonstrates that social housing should be seen as "a great opportunity" for architects.
"This year's shortlist reaffirms that creating social housing should not be seen as a limitation to architects, but a great opportunity," reflected Oki.
"Each brief has taken run-down or underused spaces and created outstanding projects that s...