The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today (Thursday 21 July) announced the three projects shortlisted for the 2022 Neave Brown Award for Housing. Named in honour of modernist architect Neave Brown (1929 – 2018), the award recognises the best new examples of affordable housing in the UK.
The three housing developments shortlisted for the 2022 Neave Brown Award for Housing are:
- 333 Kingsland Road (hybrid scheme encompassing Hackney New Primary School) by Henley Halebrown (London) A striking red-brick apartment block with an open colonnade façade that provides 68 affordable homes and shelters a new local primary school.
- Kiln Place by Peter Barber Architects (London) 15 homes slotted into pockets of Camden’s Kiln Place post-war housing estate – regenerating under-used parking lots, plant rooms and bin stores.
- Lovedon Fields by John Pardey Architects (Hampshire) A rural development on the edge of Winchester comprising 50 apartments, terraces and detached houses surrounded by new allotment plots, bike trails, footpaths, play parks and accessible grassland.
RIBA President Simon Allford said:
“High-rise, low-rise, urban, rural, existing and new – these three schemes realise thoughtful, affordable housing within complex locations. Innovative and purposeful, they also enhance and enrich their neighbouring spaces and communities. They set a benchmark - for clients, contractors and architects - for better UK housing. I congratulate all involved.”
The shortlist was selected from the 2022 RIBA Regional Awards winners by an expert panel of judges: Partner at Pollard Thomas Edwards Kaye Stout (Chair), Architect and Development Manager at Meridian Water, Enfield Council Yemi Aladerun and Neave Brown family representative Professor David Porter.
The winner of the 2022 Neave Brown Award for Housing will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony on Thursday 13 October 2022 at RIBA, 66 Portland Place in London.
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- Neave Brown (1929 – 2018) was a modernist housing architect, best known for a series of housing estates in and around Camden in North London. In 2018 he was awarded the UK’s highest honour for architecture, the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, which is approved personally by Her Majesty The Queen. Recognition for Neave Brown came late in life. His work in the 1960s and 70s was rejected for eschewing the high-rise norms of the time and instead – most notably in the case of Alexandra Road (1978) – focussing on a street-based alternative that placed an emphasis on communal spaces and shared facilities, whilst working within the constraints of local authority budgets and planning requirements and a dense and constrained urban context. His plans made clever use of space, creating capacious and generous rooms for occupants.
- The shortlist is selected from RIBA Regional Award-winning projects of ten or more homes completed and occupied between October 2018 and December 2020, with at least one third constituting affordable housing.
- The RIBA Awards have been running since 1966. No matter the shape, size, budget or location, RIBA Award winning schemes set the standard for great architecture all across the country. RIBA Awards are for buildings in the UK by RIBA Chartered Architects and RIBA International Fellows. Entries are to be submitted to the region or nation in which the building is situated. Winners are considered for the RIBA Stirling Prize.
- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a global professional membership body that serves its members and society in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment. Follow @RIBA on Twitter for regular updates
