Stylish council housing schemes in Hackney, a Peckham house built on a budget of £350,000, and a Japanese-style apartment in the Barbican have all been tipped for a major architectural award.
London housing is top of the agenda for the Riba London Awards 2024, which announced its shortlist today.
The Riba (Royal Institute of British Architects) has an annual awards program to recognise the best new architect-designed buildings in the capital.
“As we seek new housing solutions and innovative approaches to urban regeneration, these projects provide hope for the future of our cities,” said Riba regional director of London Dian Small.
Thirty of the 76 projects shortlisted are individual houses or housing projects.
Chowdhury Walk (above and main image) by Al-Jawad Pike
Rory Gardiner
Al-Jawad Pike had two nominations for its projects for Hackney Council.
The London-based practice known for creating minimalist shops for the likes of Aesop, Burberry and Celine was shortlisted for Tori Ann Walk and Chowdhury Walk, the latter of which created 11 affordable and social rent council homes built on the site of disused garages.
Pollard Thomas Edwards built 70 new homes on infill sites on Islington’s Dover Court Estate
Tom Bright
Dover Court Estate byPollard Thomas Edwards was also shortlisted for its project in Islington, which delivered 70 new homes in eight infill buildings co-developed with the residents of the 1960s estate in Islington.
Some of the homes are wheelchair accessible, and the project also created green spaces, a community centre and a ball court for the residents.
The pink concrete facade of Orwell House by Bell Philips in Hoxton
Kilian O'Sullivan
In Tower Hamlets, Orwell House byBell Phillipswas shortlisted for creating 20 new council homes that are available for social rent.
Built on on the 1957 Hoxton housing estate designed by Skinner, Bailey &Lubetkin, the new block nods to its modernist heritage with a faceted facade of pink glass-reinforced concrete.
Sustainable projects were recognised in the Riba shortlist, including Courtyard Housing byEdward Williams Architects, which created 39 homes in four cross-laminated timber buildings built on an old car park, featuring Scandinavian pine cladding and solar panels on the roof.
The Arbour created 10 zero-waste homes in Walthamstow
Chris Wharton
The Arbour by Boehm Lynas Architects andGS8also got the nod for delivering 10 carbon-negative, zero-waste and energy positive homes in Walthamstow.
Individual residential projects have also made the shortlist.
Corner Fold House byWhittaker Parsons in Peckham was squeezed into an infill site
French + Tye
Corner Fold House byWhittaker Parsons was shortlisted for building an 88-square metre house on an infill site in Peckham. Squeezed into an infill site between the client’s house and a substation, the red brick and concrete home was built on a budget of £350,000.
Another infill project, Cork House byPolysmiths, was recognised for the owner-architect’s creation of a courtyard house on an infill site, using only the materials they could acquire during the coronavirus lockdowns.
Shakespeare Tower by Takero Shimazaki Architects is a Japanese-style refurbishment of a Barbican apartment
Felix Koch
In the Barbican, Shakespeare Tower byTakero Shimazaki Architectswas shortlisted for the overhaul of an 8C type apartment, turning it into a traditional Japanese apartment with cherry wood ceilings and tatami mat flooring.
Low Energy House byArchitecture for Londonwas shortlisted for the extension and refurbishment of an Edwardian house in Muswell Hill.
Along with a rear extension and loft conversion, the architects insulated the walls with wood fibre, used stone, timber and plaster instead of cement, and installed an air filter to remove pollen and diesel pollutants.
VATRAA Architecture transformed a 1980s council house using pink plaster
Jim Stephenson
Coppin Dockray’s refurbishment of Hampstead House, one of the handful of homes designed by modernist architect Trevor Dannatt, has also been shortlisted.
Ex-Council House Transformation byVATRAA Architecture, which has already won a Dont Move, Improve! award, got the nod for their emodel of an 1980s council house, featuring pink plaster walls and oak joinery.
Here is the Riba London Awards 2024 shortlist in full:
Abbey Wood Station byFereday Pollard Architects
Artist Studio byVATRAA Architecture
All Saints byEPR Architects
Battersea Power Station Phase Two byWilkinsonEyre
Bradbury Works by[Y/N] Studio
Brent Cross Town Visitor Pavilion byMoxon Architects
Bromley Old Town Hall byCartwright Pickard
Camden Market Canopy byvPPR ArchitectsforLabTech
Chowdhury Walk byAl-Jawad Pike
Cork House byPolysmiths
Corner Fold House byWhittaker Parsons
Courtyard Housing byEdward Williams Architects
Dover Court Estate byPollard Thomas Edwards
Dukes Meadow Footbridge byMoxon Architects
Dulwich House byProctor & Shaw
Embassy of the Slovak Republic by BD London
Ex-Council House Transformation byVATRAA Architecture
Fish Island Village byHaworth Tompkins,Lyndon Goode Architects,Pitman Tozer ArchitectsandBureau de Change
Francis Holland School House byIID Architects
Hampstead House byCoppin Dockray
Hendon Waterside Phase 4, Block H1 byMakower Architects
Highgate House byEmil Eve Architects
Holland Park Garden House byDavid Money Architects
King's Cross Masterplan byAllies and MorrisonandPorphyrios Associates
Leighton House byBDP
Love Walk II byKnox Bhavan Architects
Low Energy House byArchitecture for London
LSBU HubWilkinsonEyre
Montacute Yards byAllford Hall Monaghan Morris
National Portrait Gallery byJamie Fobert ArchitectsandPurcell
Oasis Academy Silvertown, byRivington Street Studio
Olympic Way & Olympic Steps by Dixon Jones andvPPR Architects
Orwell House byBell Phillips
Oxford Road byCoffey Architects
Paddington Elizabeth Line Station byWeston Williamson + Partners
Peckham House bySurman Weston
Pitzhanger Hub byJo Townshend Architects
Rotherhithe Primary School byFeilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Royal Academy of Dance byTakero Shimazaki Architects
Sambrook's Brewery, RAM Quarter byRoger Mears Architects LLP
Shakespeare Tower byTakero Shimazaki Architects
Six Columns by31/44 Architects
Somerset Road Covered Courts: All England Lawn Tennis Club byHopkins Architects
St Andrew’s Holborn byDaeWha Kang Design
St John’s Waterloo byEric Parry Architects
St. Mary's Walthamstow byMatthew Lloyd Architects
St. Michael's, Fulwell byMalcolm Fryer Architects
Sunday Mills byAssael Architecture
Sycamore House byJonathan Wilson RIBA
Taper House byMerrett Houmøller Architects,All & Nxthing&Rosebank Landscaping
Technique byBuckley Gray Yeoman
Thames Christian School & Battersea Chapel byHenley Halebrown
The Africa Centre byFreehaus
The Arbour by Boehm Lynas Architects andGS8
The Artists Residence byGregory Phillips Architects
The Black & White Building byWaugh Thistleton Architects
The Department Store Studios bySquire & Partners
The Elizabeth Line byGrimshaw,Maynard Design,EquationandAtkins
The Gilbert & George Centre bySIRS Architects
The Learning Tree Nursery byDelve Architects
The Parcels Building byGrafton Architects
The Tannery byCoffey Architects
The Tree House byBell Phillips
The Rowe byAllford Hall Monaghan Morris
Tori Ann Walk byAl-Jawad Pike
Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line station byHawkins\Brown
Unity Place byFeilden Clegg Bradley Studios,Alison Brooks Architects,Gort Scott,RM_A Architects
Urbanest City byAPT LondonandHopkins Architects
Verna, Acton Gardens byGRID ArchitectsandCountryside Partnerships
White House School byvPPR Architects
White Patio House byPashenko Works
Woolwich Elizabeth Line Station by Weston Williamson + Partners
67 Southwark Street byAllies and Morrison
10 Lewis Cubitt Square byAllford Hall Monaghan Morris
22 Handyside Street byCoffey Architects
98-100 De Beauvoir Road byHenley Halebrown
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