Architect Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Developer George Wimpey Contractor Taylor Wimpey

This was the large housebuilder winner and the best of seven of the £60k housing projects selected by English Partnerships. The focus is lean construction, sustainability and more home for your money. The colourful rainscreen cladding is Trespa with a 60 year design llife, better than rendering and easy to wipe down. Corner-turning windows are key to good urban design and internally they contribute to the ambience and floods of daylight. There are part heat recovery, part solar panel ecohats. Wet trades have been avoided apart from the footings and. Glass splashbacks replace tiling in the kitchens and other specification design features which different to normal practice. The development has a strong focus on waste and cost reduction.

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