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3rd Dec 2025

Co-living development architects Readmore

We have recently completed a small co-living project in Clapham, south London, for Dorrington PLC. The design brief was to extend and convert a Victorian property into a six-bedroom co-living scheme. The property had previously been divided into two flats and was in poor condition. There was a two-stage planning strategy for this project. We first secured planning consent to amalgamate the flats…

23rd Sep 2025

Passivhaus homes and BREEAM Readmore

BREEAM vs Passivhaus homes – What is the difference? This article compares energy standards from BREEAM and Passivhaus homes. As energy prices increase, it is useful to know the most cost-effective system for reducing energy consumption within your home. Modern homes and home refurbishments can be designed to use significantly less energy. These standards aim…

13th Aug 2022

East London Estate Regeneration Readmore

This invited competition proposal explores estate regeneration strategies for Wheler House, a 1920’s red brick estate in Tower Hamlets, east London. Twenty new homes are created with a series of rooftop additions, mews houses and two five-storey blocks. The new blocks feature curved bays that relate to the existing building’s balconies, and they are finished…

20th May 2021

Housing the millennial generation Readmore

Who is the millennial generation? Millennials, otherwise known as Generation Y, are those born between 1980 and 2000. They have also been labelled the ‘Peter Pan’ generation due to many delaying rites of passage into adulthood for longer periods than those before them. This delay may be attributed to economic pressures not faced by previous…

30th Aug 2019

How to start a cohousing group Readmore

Cohousing Introduction This article discusses how to start a cohousing group, from deciding your values and community type at the outset, to assessing the funding available and finding land. Cohousing is a method of creating new homes based on values determined by the future residents to establish a certain way of life. By focusing on…

26th Feb 2019

Hackney Terrace Readmore

Hackney Terrace is a proposal for the Peabody Trust, with a series of dwellings in East London conceived as a ‘miniature terrace’ The site is a narrow strip of land behind a Victorian terrace, currently occupied by garages. View Architecture for London’s portfolio of recent residential projects. The front elevation of each proposed house is…

8th Jan 2019

New cohousing scheme in Aylesbury Readmore

Architecture for London has been appointed to design a cohousing scheme in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire The development will create ten sustainable new homes with a carbon-negative cross-laminated timber structure, built to Passivhaus standards. Our architectural approach is inspired by George Devey, an architect working in Aylesbury in the Victorian period. Devey favoured a romantic style, borrowing…

17th Mar 2018

GLA Small Sites housing Readmore

Architecture for London have submitted a bid for one of the GLA’s ‘Small Sites’ in north London. Our submission was a six home scheme at Long Lane in the Borough of Barnet. The proposal is for a co-housing development built to Passivhaus standards, this will be a first for co-housing in London…

6th Feb 2018

Finding land to build a house in the UK Readmore

For all self-builders, finding land is the first step towards the dream to build. Whether the plot is a gap in an urban terrace or former farmland in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the challenges to bring a new house into being are numerous. With the best team in place, the results can be rewarding beyond the financial investment…

3rd Dec 2017

Can cohousing work for London? Readmore

As architects, we believe that a quality-focussed housing revolution is required in London. Homes should be designed principally to support our own wellbeing, and furthermore, there should be choice in the marketplace to accommodate…