Kings Crescent
London
2012–2017

Kings Crescent is an exemplary council-led estate regeneration scheme that combines high quality new housing with the meaningful transformation of existing buildings, addressing the disparity between ‘us’ and ‘them’. The masterplan was developed in collaboration with Karakusevic Carson Architects and Muf Architecture/Art. Phase 1 was completed in 2017, and we are currently working on phase 2.


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Technical

  • Appointment: 2012
  • Construction start: 2014
  • Completion: 2017
  • Area: 23,000m2
  • Budget: Circa £64m
  • Form of contract: Design & Build
  • Client: London Borough of Hackney
  • Collaborators: Karakusevic Carson Architects
  • Contractor: Higgins Construction
  • Landscape Architect: Muf Architecture/Art
  • Services Engineer: Peter Brett Associates
  • Structural Engineer: Peter Brett Associates
  • Quantity Surveyor: Philip Pank Partnership
  • Planning Consultant: Tibbalds

Bibliography

  • Paul Karakusevic and Abigail Batchelor, ‘Social Housing: Definitions & Design Exemplars’, in: Social Housing: Definitions & Design Exemplars (RIBA Publishing, 2017), pp.122–125
  • ‘The Architect's Journal, Exemplary Housing Estate Regeneration in Europe’, in: The Architect's Journal, Exemplary Housing Estate Regeneration in Europe (September 2017), pp.14–18
  • ‘First Look, Building Design’, in: First Look, Building Design (27 September 2013), p.4
  • Rowan Moore, Council housing: how Hackney has raised the game (The Guardian, London, 2018)
  • ‘Kings Crescent Phases 1 and 2’, in: The RIBA National Award Winners 2018 (Artiface, London, 2018), pp.144–147
  • AJ Architecture Awards 2018 finalists: House and housing (Architects' Journal, October 2018)
  • Rohan Silva, Give local councils the cash to build homes and solve this crisis (Evening Standard, 12 October 2018)
  • David Levitt and Jo McCafferty, Housing Design Handbook, issue 2nd Edition (Routledge, October 2018), pp.274, 280–283
  • Rob Wilson, Democratic Regeneration: Building Study (Architects' Journal, December 2018), pp.28–41

Awards

  • RIBA National Award, 2018
  • RIBA Regional Award, London, 2018
  • AJ Award, Housing Project of the Year (Above £10m), 2018
  • Civic Trust Award, (Regional Finalist) 2018
  • AJ Award, Editor's Choice, 2018
  • New London Awards, Mayor's Prize, 2018
  • Hackney Design Awards, (Shortlisted) 2018
  • Building Awards, Housing Project of the Year, (Shortlisted) 2018
  • Brick Award, Worldwide, (Shortlisted) 2018
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