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RIBA reveals UK's three best affordable housing schemes
Three housing projects have been shortlisted for RIBA's 2022 Neave Brown Award for Housing including a hybrid scheme in east London encompassing a primary school by Henley Halebrown. More
Three housing projects have been shortlisted for RIBA's 2022 Neave Brown Award for Housing including a hybrid scheme in east London encompassing a primary school by Henley Halebrown. More
Danish architecture studio BIG and Dutch studio Barcode Architects have unveiled the angular Sluishuis housing block above the IJ lake in Amsterdam's IJburg district. More
Boxy balconies and decorative recessed windows characterise this colourful housing complex in Raipur, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects, which was engineered to withstand its location's hot climate. More
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled its plans to transform Herman Hertzberger's 1970s Centraal Beheer building in the Netherlands into a residential district with over 650 homes. More
Architecture studio MAD has completed its first social housing development, which consists of 12 residential buildings in Beijing connected by raised walkways and a "floating park". More
The UK government's plan to encourage "gentle densification" of neighbourhoods by promising communities financial benefits and neo-Georgian aesthetics will not help solve the housing crisis, writes Anna Minton. More
In this week's comments update, readers are debating an opinion piece by urbanist Vishaan Chakrabarti on the global housing problem and discussing other top stories. More
In this week's comments update, readers are debating Frank Gehry's housing development at Battersea Power Station in London and discussing other top stories. More
High-density, low-rise urban housing is the key to accommodating another three billion people over the next 80 years without costing the Earth, writes architect and urbanist Vishaan Chakrabarti. More
Rippled white facades punctured by large windows define the Prospect Place housing development that Pritzker Architecture Award-winning architect Frank Gehry has completed at Battersea Power Station in London. More
White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. More
Architecture firm Perkins & Will has released designs for a three-building, low-income housing complex in Los Angeles that includes permanent supportive housing. More
Studio Odile Decq has completed a 30-storey luxury residential tower in Barcelona, featuring curved balconies that are coloured red on the upper floors to give the building a distinctive presence on the skyline. More
Dezeen teamed up with Open House Worldwide to livestream its festival exploring the future of housing and neighbourhood planning. More
Architecture studio Leth & Gori has modernised a care facility situated on a former farm in Stubberupgård, Denmark, adding brick-clad accommodation buildings that support the needs of vulnerable residents. More
ERA Architects has refurbished a postwar social housing building in Hamilton, Ontario, making it the largest residential building in the world to achieve Passivhaus EnerPHit certification. More
Three sculptural, metal-clad volumes form a student housing complex by American studio LOHA that is designed to look less bulky than a typical apartment building. More
Jack Young's book The Council House aims to capture the beauty of London's council estates, which he photographed to "look like they could be perched on an Italian hillside". He chooses 10 favourites for Dezeen. More
Architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has created a North Hollywood apartment building that prioritises social areas over private space and includes units for low-income tenants. More
Spanish studio Peris+Toral Arquitectes has completed an 85-unit social housing project in Barcelona, featuring a modular timber framework and flexible living spaces. More