Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 London Buildings, British Housing, Residential Architecture
Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2
Residential Building Development in UK – design by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown
26 Jul 2018
Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 Shortlisted for RIBA Client of the Year 2018
Architects: Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown
Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 Shortlisted for RIBA Client of the Year 2018
Jury Report
The original Kings Cross Estate had been half demolished in 2000 and the remaining community have lived with the resulting wasteland until now. Instead of the usual demolition and rebuild model for large?scale estate regeneration, this project shows that community combined with local authority-led development can be a way forward to create a robust model for new and refurbished housing.
photo © Peter Landers
By upgrading the existing housing with large balconies, winter gardens and garages converted into new flats, the existing residents were very much engaged with the estate development, which allowed them to remain in their homes throughout the works. The master plan created new connections and permeable spaces: 3 courtyards with very different emphasises from contemplation to play and a gardening club; an intelligently furnished play street helps community integration creating a new public space.
Two architectural practices, Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown, worki...