RIBA Neave Brown Award finalists revealed

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RIBA has announced the finalists of the 2022 Neave Brown Award for affordable housing in the UK.

Henley Halebrown, Peter Barber Architects and John Pardey Architects have made it to the final three.

RIBA president Simon Allford said the “innovative and purposeful” shortlisted schemes set a benchmark for better UK housing.

Henley Halebrown’s 68-home 333 Kingsland Road, a hybrid scheme in Hackney which includes a new primary school, is a ten-storey brick-faced tower centred around an octagonal oculus staircase.

Described by RIBA as an “immense sculptural pink brute of a building”, it occupies a tight urban site at a busy road junction and was praised for the architects’ inventive use of space.

Henley Halebrown’s Hackney housing block was described by RIBA as an

Peter Barber Architects’ entry slots 15 homes into small sites around Camden’s Kiln Place housing estate, such as under-used parking lots, plant rooms and bin stores.

RIBA said the scheme “successfully illustrates how local authorities can provide new high-density public housing that is sensitive and does not require the demolition of existing homes”.

建筑以倒角为特色，并因包含“复杂的”空间来应对场地的限制，以及它们对现代主义战后地产的“微妙的人性化影响”而受到赞扬。

It is the second consecutive time the practice has been nominated for the award, after winning last year’s prize for its 26-home townhouse scheme at McGrath Road in Stratford.

Peter Barber Architect’s 15-home scheme is slotted into infill sites including bin stores and parking lots

John Pardey Architects’ Lovedon Fields comprises 50 homes on a rural site on the edge of Winchester surrounded by allotments, bike trails, footpaths and meadows.

It is centred around a triangular village green and was praised by RIBA for its “good balance of order and informality, in contrast to some other developments nearby.”

RIBA added that the individual homes are “simple and unfussy without being stark”, and welcomed the practice’s objective of achieving a step change in the design quality that is expected of rural housing schemes.

John Pardey Architects’ rural housing scheme was praised for its balance of order and informality

该奖项是为了纪念现代主义建筑师尼夫·布朗而命名的，他在2017年因卡姆登二级上市的亚历山德拉路地产获得了RIBA金奖。

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.”