AR July/August 2019 on Social Housing + AR House

The house is architecture's test bed, constantly pushing the boundaries of how we live. But when houses become status symbols or repositories of capital, the fetishisation of dream homes can feel like a distraction from the provision of adequate housing for all. This issue features the 2019 AR House awards, celebrating the most exciting and innovating new homes, and seeks to build a picture of social housing across the globe

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Jul/Aug 2019

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Social housing

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Editorial: palaces for people

Manon Mollard

Combining the winners of the AR House awards 2019 and an array of social housing projects in one double issue provides rich opportunity to explore the places we live now and t...

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Retrospective: Peter Barber

Tom Cordell

In the face of inimical government policies, Peter Barber addresses London’s housing demand, calling on the UK’s rich tradition of council housing

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Revisit: Nueva Santa Fe

Felipe Walter

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From the jaws of disaster: social housing solutions in Mexico

Juan Carlos Cano

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Rural housing in Ocuilan, Estado de México by Rozana Montiel

Juan Carlos Cano

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Bamboo constructions in Tepetzintán, Puebla, by Comunal

Juan Carlos Cano

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Bosco Residencial in Hermosillo, Sonora by Alberto Kalach + TAX

Juan Carlos Cano

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Social housing, Formentera, Spain, by the Instituto Balear de la Vivienda

Rafael Gómez-Moriana

Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa: ‘We collaborate with different causes, as neighbours’

Eleanor Beaumont

Revisit: Aranya low-cost housing, Indore, Balkrishna Doshi

Manon Mollard

Typology: Palace

Tom Wilkinson

Minnette de Silva (1918-1998)

Shiromi Pinto

Outrage: the toxicity of house porn

Catherine Slessor

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Folio: George Finch

AR Editors

Cité du Grand Parc by Lacaton and Vassal apartment exterior

Retrospective: Lacaton & Vassal

Andrew Ayers

AR House Winner

Footprints in time: House in Kamitomii, Kurashiki, Japan, by General Design Co

Kaz Yoneda

AR House winner General Design Co’s House in Kamitomii, Japan, involved paring back age-old accretions to restore it to its original dimensions and create...

Highly Commended

Stepping stone: Hamra Studio residence, Gotland, Sweden, by Collectif Encore

Max L Zarzycki

AR House highly commended: As it flows and extends with the landscape Hamra Studio residence harnesses an immaterial sense of liberty

Cut a dash: Hollybrook Grove in Dublin, Ireland, by David Leech Architects

Eleanor Beaumont

AR House highly commended: The practice’s first house, in a quiet suburb, is a bubbling collage of germinating ideas, clever references and meticulous details