The Depot, Manchester
The Depot, Whalley Range, Manchester by Buttress Architects for Rise Homes Map Street View Map Street View For 100 years, the corner of Bowes Street
Introduction
Apartments
Design codes for apartment buildings containing multiple residential units
Introduction
Apartment buildings offer an opportunity to bring greater density, either on an individual plot or as part of a larger development. Apartments, when designed well, can bring an attractive scale and definition to a site. In that sense they are an essential part of the urban fabric. Their design must be carefully considered in order not to compromise the quality of life of their inhabitants or negatively impact on their surroundings.
Communal spaces, well defined entrances and active frontages can all bring people together in a positive manner.
Features of apartment buildings
- Appropriate siting and high quality landscaping
- Balcony provision for each apartment
- Active ground floor uses
- Interesting and well detailed roofscape
- Well-articulated facades
Apartment Case Studies
Wapping Wharf, Bristol
Wapping Wharf phase 1 by Alec French Architects for Umberslade and Muse Developments Map Street View Map Street View Wapping Wharf Phase I is a
Trudo Tower Eindhoven
The Trudo Tower by Stefano Boeri Architetti for Trudo Netherlands Map Street View Map Street View The 18-storey tower is 70 meters high and offers
Botanica Apartments
Botanica Apartments by Tim Groom Architects The site occupies a highly prominent location alongside the Bridgewater Way, a major arterial road running south west from
The Echoes
The Echoes by Bell Phillips Architects The development is of mostly of three storeys, rising to four in part. The final side of the courtyard
Murray’s Mills, Ancoats
Murrays’ Mills, Ancoats by Field Clegg Bradley Studios Originally built in 1798, the industrial complex comprises two parallel 7-8-storey mills linked by a more recognisably
Kingsland Road, London
Kingsland Road by Henley Halebrown for Thornsett This project combines an 11-storey apartment building providing 68 affordable homes and a 350-pupil primary school, with shops
Hammond Court
Hammond Court by MAE Architects Hammond Court is a 43 dwelling mixed tenure residential scheme. The estate regeneration project replaces a series of unpopular 1970s
Ely Court
Ely Court by Alison Brookes Architects for Catalyst Housing Ely Court is a 43-dwelling mixed-tenure regeneration scheme within Phase 1b of London’s South Kilburn Estate
