F E AT U R E By Harriet Bourne
Landscape architect and director of BBUK Studio
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This year’s Stirling Prize is exceptional. Goldsmith Street in Norwich was commissioned by the council, it is the first council housing ever to win the prize and its landscape has played a major part in creating a safe, sustainable environment
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orking with Mikhail Riches Architects, BBUK designed all areas of public realm, communal amenity spaces and private rear and front gardens for 105 new homes in Norwich, all built to passivhaus standards and all for social rent. Each house has a private front and back garden, with rear gardens connecting to a gated shared space so that opportunities for informal play and community cohesion are nurtured. Play space is provided between the new site and existing houses to help embed the development within the existing community.
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