Housing designed to combat loneliness wins top architecture award
Summary
The Appleby Blue Almshouse in Southwark, London has won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize for Britain's best new building. The complex is designed to reduce loneliness among people over 65 by providing affordable housing along with communal facilities like a roof garden and community kitchen. Architects Witherford Watson Mann designed the building, which aims to create a welcoming environment for its residents.Key Facts
- The Appleby Blue Almshouse is located in Bermondsey, Southwark, London.
- It provides affordable housing for people over the age of 65.
- The building won the Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
- It includes 59 flats with communal spaces such as a roof garden and community kitchen.
- Witherford Watson Mann were the architects for this project.
- The design aims to create a welcoming environment to combat loneliness.
- The Stirling Prize judges praised the building for high-quality, thoughtful design.
- Almshouses have a historical tradition of providing charitable housing for people in need.
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