Dutch courage for the future: As the debate about poor UK housing design standards continues, Maccreanor Lavington shows what can be achieved - at least in the Netherlands

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Anglo-Dutch architectural practice Maccreanor and Lavington has realized its second housing project in Holland on the site of the former military airfield of Ypenburg. The project includes two four-storey buildings for a housing association each containing 34 apartments. The buildings are simple and L-shaped, with mono-pitch roofs, clad in North German engineering brick and wood. The interior spaces are well defined and large windows establish a strong link between the individual dwelling and the outside world. Their approach to Ypenburg recurs in other projects currently underway, including housing, offices and commercial buildings.

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Rus in Urbe at Surrey Docks

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The redevelopment of Docklands in London, UK has produced some award winning housing developments since regeneration work began in 1981. The number of houses has risen to 35,665 in 1998 from 21,615 in 1981. The Lakes development at Surrey Docks provides 175 homes which have been singled out as incorporating good use of brickwork and contributing to the appearance of the local environment. Conservation measures have helped establish a thriving bird population at the docks.

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Precision vision

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Local people helped contribute ideas to the design of an architect-designed block of flats and shops in Hulme, Manchester, UK. Imaginative use of brickwork has given the development of shops and 50 flats a non-uniform appearance which follows no set patterns or shapes. The flats were designed by architectural firm Mills Beaumont Leavey Channon, which ran a design shop to encourage local participation in the project.

Services, Buildings and facilities, Manchester, England, Mills Beaumont Leavey Channon

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