British practice Whittam Cox Architects has completed student housing Be?ton House, the latest redevelopment phase of the brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield, England.
The concrete exterior and interiors have been decorated in a Le Corbusier-informed colour palette.
Top: the estate is Grade II-listed. Above: the blocks have been rechristened Be?ton House
A derelict ground floor building has been turned into a large communal area with a gym, cinema and a private dining room.
The Grade II*-listed social housing estate built between 1957 and 1961 has been turned into a combination of private homes and student halls of residence by developer Urban Splash.
The concrete was carefully cleaned and restored
Student housing developer Alumno oversaw the transformation of one wing into managed student housing, along with design studios BK Design and Brinkworth. Built by architects Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith in the brutalist style, the housing blocks are raised up on plinths.
The studio turned the undercroft, originally used to hold public toilets, into communal spaces for students.
Original "streets in the sky" have been refreshed and repainted
Whittam Cox Architects preserved the concrete shell, cleaning and restoring the outdoor walkways to their original proportions.
"A 'minimal impact' approach was developed which preserved and

restored the surface of the brick and concrete across the building," explained the studio.
The architects used a "wet scraped an...