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Alpha Apartments Lewisham, Sydney, NSW, Australia - 9 Jun 2013
Design: Tony Owen Partners

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The Alpha by Tony Owen Partners is due to start construction in July. Located in Lewisham on the fringe of the Sydney city centre, the Alpha will form the cornerstone of the new McGill design precinct. The McGill master plan, prepared by Tony Owen Partners, is envisaged as a hip mixed use designer precinct with a collection of contemporary buildings and public open spaces forming an exciting new community.

Porte de Paris, Saint-Denis, Paris, France - 29 May 2013
Design: Atelier Du Pont

photograph : Luc Boegly
This housing programme is part of the Porte de Paris urban development zone on the edge of the historic centre of Saint-Denis. It is located at the meeting point of two contrasting urban environments: to the west is the Rue de la Légion d’Honneur, a very busy shopping street that leads to the basilica, and to the south is the new Porte de Paris neighbourhood where public amenities rub shoulders with other activities.

Pomaret Houses, Barcelona, Spain
Design: Picharchitects

photo : Simon Garcia
Pomaret Houses - 17 May 2013
Three challenges backbone the proposal on the one hand the need for a formal dialogue with an existing house, on the other its integration with the surrounding green space and finally the possibility of incorporating passive and active systems that advance the building`s commitment to environmental sustainability.

Post-Tsunami Housing, Kirinda, Sri Lanka
Design: Shigeru Ban Architects

photo : Shu He
Sri Lanka Post-Tsunami Housing - 1 May 2013
This project provides 100 houses in a Muslim fishing village, in the region of Tissamaharama, on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, following the destruction caused by the 2004 tsunami.

Apartment No. 1, Mahallat, Iran
Design: Architecture by Collective Terrain

photo : Omid Khodapanahi
Apartment Building in Iran - 1 May 2013
This project turns the inefficiency to economic and environmental advantage by reusing leftover stones for both exterior and some interior walls, and has led to the increasing adoption of stone recycling by local builders.

Lochau Housing, Austria
Design: Baumschlager Eberle

photo : Eduard Hueber
Lochau Residences - 16 Apr 2013
The better the location, the higher the density – such wishful thinking on the part of the real estate sector has had negative consequences for the location and the residents on more than one occasion. The house type with its individual variations is very precisely coordinated with the urban development system. In contrast to the customary ‘broadside’ approach of slope developments, the depth of the terrain is used here to optimise the visual corridors by having the narrow sides of the buildings face the water.

Passive House Bruck, low-energy residential building, Changxing, China
Design: Peter Ruge Architekten

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Passive Housing China - 6 Mar 2013
Peter Ruge Architekten sets new standards of sustainability through the design of “Passive Houses”, currently being built in southern China. With a 95% energy saving over that of a conventional Chinese residential building, the Passive House "Bruck" is the first housing of it’s kind to be realized in the countries damp, warm, southern climate. Construction started in February 2013.

EDEN Art Wall apartments, Sydney, Australia
Design: Tony Owen Partners

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EDEN Art Wall residential development - 6 Mar 2013
The Eden Art Wall apartment development explores the line between architecture and sign. This urban infill project is located in a varied and complex part of the Sydney cityscape and is visible from many vantages. The office sought to explore the possibilities of adding to the tapestry as a piece of art in the urban landscape. This building comprises 24 apartments consisting of a mix of 1bed, 2 bed and 3 bed penthouses.

Ocean Avenue Project, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Design: Gehry Partners, LLP

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Santa Monica Residential Development
The 22-­story, 244-­foot mixed-­use building includes a 125-­room hotel, 22 condominiums, 19 replacement rent-­controlled units, affordable housing, a public rooftop observation deck and street-­level retail and restaurants. The project also includes a new 36,000 sqft museum campus that consists of two landmarked buildings that will be adaptively reused and preserved as well as a Gehry Partners designed cultural building with exhibition space and museum plaza.

Hammersmith Student Accommodation, London, UK
Design: Make Architects

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Hammersmith Student Accommodation - 6 Mar 2013
The Pure Hammersmith student accommodation development on Shepherd’s Bush Road reached a key milestone this week, with the arrival on site of the first of the modular bedroom ‘pods’ being used in the scheme.

Colville Estate Towers, north east London, England
Design: NL Architects + WHAT Architecture

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Colville Estate Housing - 27 Feb 2013
Columnar Towers is a proposal for a residential development of 199 apartments in Hackney. The project is part of a masterplan by Karakusevic Carson Architects for the regeneration of the Colville Estate.

University of Southern Denmark Student Housing, Odense, Fyn, Denmark
Design: C.F. Møller

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University of Southern Denmark Student Housing - 21 Jan 2013
The design of the new student housing for the University of Southern Denmark in Odense is based on a strong community spirit. The 250 student residences are located in three interconnected 14-storey buildings. This means that the residence has no front or back, but appears attractive from a 360-degree perspective.

Sint-Agatha-Berchem, north-central Belgium
Design: BURO II & ARCHI+I

photograph : Filip Dujardin
Sint-Agatha-Berchem Housing - 8 Oct 2012
Sustainable social housing district Sint-Agatha-Berchem, sites ‘Termonde’ and ‘Gérance’.
These new social housing units are in addition to the social housing district built in 1922-1925 by architect Victor Bourgeois. On both plots, four blocks of apartments and low-energy houses have been built, classically aligned or in a sawtooth configuration.

Housing Designs

Residential Designs, alphabetical:
 

650 apartments, Slovenia Ofis Arhitekti photograph : Tomaž Gregoric Slovenian apartments	Accordia Housing, Cambridge, England various architects photo © Adrian Welch Accordia Cambridge
Adelaide Wharf, London, UK Allford Hall Monaghan Morris photograph © Rob Parrish Adelaide Wharf	Beihai Fake Hills, China MAD picture from architect Beihai Fake Hills
BLUE Residential Tower, New York, USA Bernard Tschumi photograph : Peter Mauss/ESTO New York residential building	Borneo houses, The Netherlands various architects photo © Adrian Welch Borneo houses, Amsterdam
Carabanchel 16 housing, Spain Foreign Office Architects photograph © Sérgio Padura Carabanchel Housing	Carabanchel housing, Spain Dosmasuno Arquitectos image from architect Carabanchel housing blocks
Celosia Madrid, Spain MVRDV photo © Ricardo Espinosa Celosia Building	Chelsea Barracks, London various architects image from architect Chelsea Barracks
COR Building, Miami, USA Oppenheim Architecture + Design image : dbox COR Building	Dakota apartments, Beirut, Lebanon Turner Associates image from architects Beirut apartments
Donnybrook Quarter Buildings, UK Peter Barber, Architect photo © Morley von Sternberg Donnybrook housing	Edificio Acqua apartments, Uruguay Rafael Vinoly Architects picture from architect Uruguay housing
Farrer Court Buildings, Singapore Zaha Hadid Architects picture from architect Farrer Court design	Grand Large Dunkirk, France ANMA/Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés photograph : Stéphane Chalmeau Grand Large Dunkirk
Herold Apartments, France Jakob+MacFarlane Architectes photo : Nicolla Borel Herold Apartments Paris	1 Hyde Park, London Richard Rogers Partnership image from architect 1 Hyde Park
Izola Housing, Slovenia Ofis Arhitekti picture : Tomaž Gregoric Izola Housing	Lawn Road Flats, London Wells Coates photo © Robin Lambert Isokon
Mirador Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain MVRDV / Blanca Lleó Associates photo : Rob’t Hart Mirador Sanchinarro	Moulmein tower, Singapore WOHA Architects image from WOHA Moulmein Tower Singapore
Newton Suites, Singapore WOHA Architects picture : Tim Griffith Newton Suites Singapore	Regent Place, Australia Foster + Partners with PTW image : Nigel Young_Foster + Partners Regent Place Sydney
Residential Complex, Singapore OMA image © OMA / Ole Scheeren Singapore residential development	Scotts Tower, Singapore Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA picture from Office for Metropolitan Architecture Scotts Tower design
Silodam, The Netherlands MVRDV photo © Adrian Welch Silodam housing	Step Up on Fifth, USA Pugh + Scarpa photograph : John Edward Linden Step Up on Fifth
The Whale, The Netherlands de Architekten Cie. photo © Adrian Welch The Whale building	WoZoCo Housing, The Netherlands MVRDV photo © Adrian Welch WoZoCo Housing