Best Housing - LED Regeneration Project: Staiths south Bank, Gateshead Idpartnership Northern

摘要

The Stalths South Bank Project is all about providing affordable, high-quality housing units with a contemporary design to first-time buyers, young families and key workers on Tyneside. The big hurdle that IDPartnership faced when the project was conceived was getting the site reallocated for housing use. With this done, it didn't look back. Wayne and Geraldine Hemingway were brought on board to design a pedestrian- and child-friendly environment and construction got under way. Phase one of the development, which consists of 151 houses and flats grouped around communal garden areas, is almost complete and largely occupied. When finished, the development will comprise about 750 homes - and the contemporary design and high-quality finish means none of them are likely to stay unoccupied for long ...