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Low-cost housing

  • Scalloped facade fronts supportive housing facility in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa

    Brooks + Scarpa has completed an apartment building with a scalloped, textured facade in Los Angeles that offers affordable low-cost housing to young adults that are transitioning out of group homes. More

    James Brillon | 3 January 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Scalloped facade fronts Parisian social housing block by Jean-Christophe Quinton

    French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 1 November 2022 | Leave a comment
  • "It's hard not to wonder what Neave Brown would think of the award in his name"

    For all their architectural merits, the shortlisted projects for this year's Neave Brown award cannot escape the problems that continue to plague the British housing sector writes Kaye Stout, chair of the jury panel for the recently announced prize. More

    Kaye Stout | 28 October 2022 | Leave a comment
  • "Highly-intelligent" 333 Kingsland Road named UK's best affordable housing

    Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road in London, which was designed by local architecture studio Henley Halebrown, has won RIBA's Neave Brown Award for Housing. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 13 October 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Hemp-clad Tigín Tiny Homes offer a way to "escape the rent trap" says social enterprise

    Irish social enterprise Common Knowledge has teamed up with hemp producer Margent Farm to design a low-carbon micro home that it claims can support people affected by the housing crisis. More

    Amy Frearson | 11 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • "Are we ready to see public housing's beauty and suburbia's impoverishment?"

    Decades of harmful policymaking mean America exclusively associates public housing with squalor, but an influx of subsidized homes would make the suburbs infinitely better, writes Dana Cuff. More

    Dana Cuff | 26 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • "The best tool for empowering people is through affordable housing," says architect Victor Body-Lawson

    Architects should see themselves as the representatives of the community in the building process and not simply as an agent of developers, argues low-cost housing specialist Victor Body-Lawson in this interview. More

    Ben Dreith | 18 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • D'Arcy Jones creates sculptural residential complex for changing Victoria neighbourhood

    Canadian studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has completed a family-focused, residential development in British Columbia that consists of staggered rowhouses clad in textured stucco. More

    Jenna McKnight | 7 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Perkins & Will uses wind direction to shape LA low-income housing complex

    Architecture firm Perkins & Will has released designs for a three-building, low-income housing complex in Los Angeles that includes permanent supportive housing. More

    Ben Dreith | 14 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Marc Thorpe designs Kampala houses made from local soil bricks

    Architect Marc Thorpe has unveiled renderings of a set of houses in Uganda that will be constructed almost entirely from bio-bricks made from local soil and feature solar-panelled roofs. More

    Jane Englefield | 26 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Tres Birds uses timber and metal to create ADU alongside Boulder home

    Smart systems and salvaged materials feature in an accessory dwelling unit by architecture firm Tres Birds that city officials have designated as low-cost housing. More

    Jenna McKnight | 19 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Blue co-housing complex by Productora fits eight units onto two Denver lots

    Architecture firm Productora has completed a small housing complex in Denver, Colorado, that provides eight units with shared amenities on a lot that would typically accommodate only two single-family homes. More

    James Brillon | 5 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Colombian construction company creates affordable homes using coffee waste

    This one-minute video shows how a local construction company is using waste coffee husks to build affordable and eco-friendly housing for communities in Colombia. More

    Francesca Tesler | 14 May 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Max-A builds low-cost modular cabin overlooking Lake Ranco in Chile

    Chilean studio Max-A combined local materials with modular construction to keep costs down on the Casa Tobita holiday home. More

    Amy Frearson | 24 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • SO-IL builds Las Americas affordable housing development in Mexico

    New York firm SO-IL has completed this low rise yet high-density affordable housing development in León, Mexico, with apartments arranged around courtyards. More

    Jane Englefield | 15 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Building material offcuts from affordable housing project used to create Tempo furniture collection

    Mexican industrial design studio Jorge Diego Etienne has created a collection of "unpretentious" furniture for Techo – a non-profit that builds prefabricated housing for people living in slums across Latin America. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 10 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Generate creates digital library of timber building systems to "revolutionise the construction industry"

    Architecture studio Generate has developed the Tallhouse library of timber-based building systems to help architects build affordable housing and reduce construction-related carbon emissions by up to 50 per cent. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 30 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Julien de Smedt designs range of recycled-plastic houses

    Architect Julien de Smedt is working with Norwegian startup Othalo to create a range of modular houses that will be constructed largely from recycled plastic. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 16 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Commenters think Kanye West's low-cost housing "doesn't look affordable"

    In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing Kanye West's latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless and sharing their views on other top stories. More

    Karen Anderson | 14 July 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Kanye West reveals updated prototype of YZY shelters

    American musician, producer and designer Kanye West has revealed a photo showing that the latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless is under construction. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 7 July 2020 | Leave a comment
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