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Urban Structure

Accordia

Accordia by Fielden Clegg Bradley Architects, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington Architects Accordia was the first housing project to win the RIBA Stirling Prize and widely regarded as having set a whole new benchmark for large-scale housing in the UK.   The architects aim was to produce an exemplary urban environment: a desirable place to live that …

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Timekeepers Square

by Buttress Architects for Muse Developments The development is located in the Adelphi/Bexley Square Conservation Area and the primary aim of the site was to reinstate the historic street pattern, re-introducing legibility to the streets and strengthen the area’s centrepiece, St Phillips Church. A mix of integrated car parking solutions mean the streets are car-free …

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Hulme Living Leaf Street Housing

Hulme Living Leaf Street Housing by Mecanoo for One Manchester The area around Leaf Street in Hulme, just outside Manchester city centre, has a history of urban renewal. The typical Victorian terraced houses were demolished after World War II to make room for the infamous Hulme Crescents, the largest social housing project in the United …

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