"The tide may finally be turning against knocking down social-housing estates"
Vast swathes of London's social housing continue to be demolished in the name of estate regeneration, but Anna Minton believes things could be about to change. More
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Concrete arches overlook public square at Pôle Laherrère apartment blocks in France
A series of playful concrete arches overlook a public square at the base of these office and social housing blocks in Pau, France, which have been designed by architecture studio CoBe with design agency WEEK. More
Christ & Gantenbein wraps Paris social housing in "rather unexpected" steel facade
Architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein has created a 124-metre-long block of social housing in Paris that is clad in steel. More
Studio Libeskind creates social housing block for first New York project
A sculptural facade defines the Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences, a housing block with affordable senior apartments in Freeport, New York, designed by architecture firm Studio Libeskind. More
Arched brick forms enliven London children's centre by Adam Khan Architects
Inverted brick arches crown the Central Somers Town children's community centre near King's Cross, London, created by local studio Adam Khan Architects. More
Dorschner Kahl and Heine Mildner arrange multi-generational housing around communal garden
Dorschner Kahl Architects and Heine Mildner Architects have collaborated on Andreasgärten, a multi-generational housing scheme in Erfurt that integrates assisted living for the elderly with the wider community. More
GBBN creates set of housing blocks that reinterpret historic fabric of Cincinnati
US architecture studio GBBN designed three brick buildings that allow social housing to both "fit in and stand out" in Cincinnati, Ohio. More
West of West proposes vertical co-living neighborhood for San Francisco
US architecture studio West of West has won an AIA competition to reimagine the future of San Francisco housing in response to the city's housing crisis. More
Grid Architects designs women's-only social housing tower for London
Planning approval has been granted for a housing development in London that will provide 102 affordable homes to women, designed by Grid Architects for the Women's Pioneer Housing association. More
"'Housing for dirty people' is back and I welcome it"
Deck-access housing has unfairly become a symbol for urban squalor in the UK, but a new wave of architects is demonstrating its merits, writes Rory Olcayto. More
Gluck+ places colourful facades on affordable housing block in Brooklyn
US studio Gluck+ has completed Van Sinderen Plaza, a social housing project that stretches along an elevated subway line in a low-income district and is meant to be "a gateway for the community". More
UK's "eclectic range" of council housing celebrated in book by John Boughton
From Glasgow to Somerset, here are historian John Boughton's picks of the UK's most interesting public housing schemes featured in his latest book, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates. More
Studioninedots completes stepped social housing overlooking Amsterdam waterfront
A sweeping form of stepped balconies that overlook the IJ waterfront defines the De Jakoba social housing in Amsterdam, designed by local practice Studioninedots. More
Scalloped facade fronts supportive housing facility in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa
Brooks + Scarpa has completed an apartment building with a scalloped, textured facade in Los Angeles that offers affordable low-cost housing to young adults that are transitioning out of group homes. More
David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction
Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco, California. More
Scalloped facade fronts Parisian social housing block by Jean-Christophe Quinton
French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade. More
MVRDV creates hill-like housing for "variety of income levels" in France
A pair of hill-like buildings define Ascension Paysagère, a French housing project that Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created on the riverside in the west of Rennes. More
Watch our talk with MAD Architects about social housing around the world
Dezeen teamed up with MAD Architects on a live talk exploring social housing in different regions around the world. More
"Are we ready to see public housing's beauty and suburbia's impoverishment?"
Decades of harmful policymaking mean America exclusively associates public housing with squalor, but an influx of subsidized homes would make the suburbs infinitely better, writes Dana Cuff. More
"The best tool for empowering people is through affordable housing" says architect Victor Body-Lawson
Architects should see themselves as the representatives of the community in the building process and not simply as an agent of developers, argues low-cost housing specialist Victor Body-Lawson in this interview. More