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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 and Princess Road in Moss Side was home to a large bus depot. Today, it is The Depot – a more than 300-home neighbourhood offering a mixture of tenures suited …

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Westbrook Villas, Chorlton

Westbrook Villas, Chorlton by Calderpeel Architects for Hillcrest Homes Westbrook Villas, on Edge Lane in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, is a select development of twelve luxurious new homes that fuse classic Victorian architecture with the finest contemporary design and materials. Whilst the architecture of the new homes has been influenced by the height, steep gable rooflines and prominent …

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Nunhead Green

Nunhead Green by AOC and Derek Millar Architects Nunhead Green transforms a brownfield site, redefining existing connections between the village green and surrounding neighbourhood. The scheme includes a new public community centre and enhances access to Nunhead’s high street. The site is adjacent to a local bus stop and a short walk from Overground and …

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Annesley Gardens

Annesley Gardens, Dublin by Metropolitan Workshop for Metropolitan Workshop’s project at Annesley Gardens, in the 19th Century suburb of Ranelagh, has transformed a highly constrained backlands site. Sitting amongst no fewer than 58 protected structures this new street delivers 20 modern family homes. The contemporary architecture of the new street successfully integrates into the surrounding …

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The Acres, Timperley

The Acres, Timperley by Trinity Architects (now B2 Architecture Ltd) for Landmark Living The Acres is a development of 4 family homes. Situated on Acresfield Road, The Acres is within walking distance of Timperley Village and Altrincham. All materials, specifications and finishes have been carefully chosen to give this development a prevailing sense of grandeur. …

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Brownstones Houses

Brownstone Houses by Knox Bhavan Architects A pair of beautifully crafted new London Brownstone houses set within an Edwardian terrace in North Dulwich. A combination of materials including larch cladding, brick, stone and galvanised steel were used.  The houses have a timber framed construction, with a stone frontage facing onto the street. The street elevation …

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Derwenthorpe

Derwenthorpe by Studio Partington for Joseph Rowntree Foundation Derwenthorpe was one of the first large-scale low carbon communities in northern England. Its ‘green’ heating and hot water system is at the heart of the development. The community uses a district heating system. Heating and hot water is efficiently distributed to all homes by the predominantly …

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Home by Home

by MCGONIGLEMCGRATH Architects This project is one of 2 proposed Homes from Home for Clic Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people and their families. Homes from Home offer families free self-catering accommodation close to the main Regional Cancer Centres. If they are well enough, the child or young person can …

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Somerbrook Homes

by Stonewood Design for Stonewood Homes This new development in Wiltshire of 38 homes displays a harmonious mixed palette of materials with a similar muted pallette of colour and texture. Complimentary but not simply copied, the materials take reference from the traditional Wiltshire homes in the area but reinterpret in a modern way.  Map Map …

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Fairways View

Fairway View by Calderpeel Architects for Cube Homes The houses in Prestwich, Manchester display good use and balance of robust materials that are appropriate to the local area. The facades of homes reflect their neighbours in form and elevation. The degree of enrichment is appropriate for domestic house with use of lintels, string course and …

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