The Stirling Prize

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The Stirling Prize is the big architectural competition in the UK. This year they've got three interesting residential projects, and I thought that I'd post them as a source of inspiration.

Astley Castle

Astley Castle burnt down in 1978, and was recently rebuilt as a holiday let. The architects inserted a modern building into the ruinous shell, and it looks absolutely fantastic.

Park Hill

Park Hill is a massive '60s public housing scheme in the centre of Sheffield. Like a lot of these, it was allowed to become rundown and a blight on the city.

Urban Splash, a developer specialising in renewal of unloved buildings, took it on and gave it a makeover, and it's looking pretty sharp. I think it's a good example of what can be done with something, albeit on a rather larger scale than anyone on this forum is doing.

The left side shows the old appearance, whilst the right is how it looks now.

 

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Newhall Be

Newhall Be is a development of townhouses in Harlow, Essex. It's a lot more tasteful than the nearby holiday let that Chrispy posted recently.

It's a much more modern take on a housing development than is typical in the UK, as well as being very high density. I know a few people are putting up townhouses, and figured that this might have some inspiration.