Modern brick apartment building with balconies and cyclists on a road beside it, trees lining the street under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Locksley Estate
Tower Hamlets, London

KEY FACTS

  • Client: London Borough of Tower Hamlets

  • Project cost: Undisclosed

  • Status: Completed 2023

  • Category: Residential

KEY ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

Pyrus House

Predicted domestic emissions

  • % improvement on Part L: 37.00%

  • Regulated emissions: 26.3 tCO2/yr

  • Unregulated emissions: 46.5 tCO2/yr

Chris Braithwaite House

Predicted domestic emissions

  • % improvement on Part L: 23.00%

  • Regulated emissions: 19.7 tCO2/yr

  • Unregulated emissions: 28.1 tCO2/yr

Urban scene with a modern red-brick apartment building next to a canal. Graffiti decorates the canal walls, with greenery and a tree in the foreground. Other buildings are visible in the background, and an airplane is flying overhead.
Modern brick apartment building with balconies and trees.

These are two of five projects undertaken for Tower Hamlets to provide new housing on sites across the borough, comprising 135 affordable homes on infill sites within existing estates.

Pyrus House and Chris Braithwaite House in Mile End provide 50 affordable flats for social rent overlooking the Regent’s Canal. The two buildings ‘bookend’ the Locksley Estate in facetted forms that optimise use of the complex brownfield sites. The buildings are designed as a pair with an architectural treatment that deliberately acknowledges the industrial heritage of local canal and railway structures.

Brick building with rectangular windows and balconies, surrounded by green trees, viewed from below a textured overhang.
Modern brick building with balconies next to a railway bridge with graffiti, blurred train passing by, and trees in the background.
Modern brick apartment building with balconies along a canal, featuring graffiti on nearby walls, trees, and a clear sky with a small airplane.
Modern brick apartment building with symmetrical windows and black metal balconies against a clear sky.
Modern brick apartment building by a canal with graffiti on the walls and a small boat in the water.
Modern brick building with metal paneling and windows, surrounded by greenery.
View under a steel bridge over a canal with graffiti, a red brick building in the background, greenery, and people walking by the water.
Interior view of a staircase with blue metal railings and a beige concrete wall, featuring circular ceiling lights.
Number 6 and flats 601-602 sign on wall, blue structure partially visible.
Bright, white-walled room with open glass doors leading to a balcony, overlooking greenery and buildings.
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, a stainless steel sink, and large windows leading to a patio with greenery.
Orange boat on a canal under a metal bridge surrounded by greenery and a path with graffiti on the wall.
Street view of a residential area with brick apartment buildings, trees, and a person in a yellow jacket walking on the sidewalk. Overhead power lines and a clear blue sky are visible.

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