29th November 2023

Innovation in delivery and design

The build-to-rent (BTR) development also featured in the Housing Londoners report published by NLA this September. The report examines what architects are designing that will ‘innovate and enact positive change’ in the capital’s housing sector through the four key elements of affordability, quality of life, sustainability, and local benefit. It feels great to receive this recognition for our efforts!

The NLA report comes up with several interesting suggestions including a ‘citizen dashboard’ that would allow London communities to see what a local development would be delivering, enabling developers, architects, and planners to check that the housing really works for residents. We would have achieved a high score with our New Courtyard Housing in Stratford as local neighbours were very involved in the design process, and the new residents are extremely happy with their apartments. Peter Murray, the co-founder of NLA wrote in the report that “the build-to-rent sector is perhaps the most positive area of growth, although still a small part of the market”, so we are looking forward to designing many similar projects for London's residents.

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