Fraternal brick and stone mixed-use buildings on the Regents Canal, the smaller with projecting, extruded balconies, the larger with a reverse diagram of recessed terraces.

Regal Homes
Hackney, London
£11 million
76 homes

  • Scheme includes new public space connecting street and towpath
  • Brownfield site with complex boundary conditions
  • Palette is shared, but individual design idiosyncrasies are developed
  • Burnished brick façade panels with high colour variation
  • Robust backdrop to canal
  • Strong street edge with highly glazed commercial units at ground floor
Canal-side seating On the estate
De Beauvoir cafe
Cafes by the canal
Regents Canal
Balcony shot
Elevation detail
Facade option
Tectonic brick sketch
Vertical structure detail
Cut into landscape Sketch

De Beauvoir