Category: ARCHITECTURE: Affordable Housing

The site on Glenbarr Street in Royston is located at the base of a steep hill that extends all the way to Roystonhill – one of the highest points in Glasgow. The site was originally occupied by a derelict former clinic building that closed in 2012. This deteriorating building had become a site of significant anti social behaviour & a negative local landmark. Following a detailed Feasibility Study that explored various options for converting the former clinic building it was […]

The Primrose Street project, also known as Townhead House, consists of 60 one and two bedroom flats for Kingdom Housing Association in conjunction with Clackmannanshire Council, and is located in the heart of Alloa Town Centre. As the pivotal project within a wider “Living Alloa” initiative, it set ambitious goals for intergenerational living and the highest level of dementia accreditation whilst reinstating the urban fabric on a substantial brownfield gap site. The design was developed over a series of workshops […]

The second phase of a social housing development on the top of one of Lerwick’s highest hills. née gibson architects were commissioned by Hjaltland Housing Association to design six new-build dwellings on a pre-developed site. As an ongoing drive to provide urgently needed rented housing for Shetland, Wista’s six dwellings comprises two 2 bedroom semi-detached houses and four 1 bedroom flats. As architects, we always look to ensure appropriateness for context, which was more of a challenge here with a […]

Typical of many similar sized towns in the region, Lockerbie required a significant increase in the provision of high-quality affordable housing. Prior to this development, no new social housing (or housing for varying needs) had been built in Lockerbie since the 1980’s. The final project provides forty-five new homes for social rent, a mix of semi-detached and terraced two storey housing in addition to three fully accessible homes and nine ground floor cottage flats with accessible wet rooms capable of […]

North Gate develops a longstanding vacant brownfield site, providing a new residential city landmark that completes the Gorbals masterplan. It contains 31 homes, comprising of 1 and 2 bed flats for 100% social rent and is designed to suit the needs of primarily older residents. Flats exceed the ‘Glasgow Standard’ of housing, with features such as large internal storage, wide corridors to assist movement for residents, step free access throughout and level access showers. The residents are provided with a […]