The quiet and considered materiality of the warm, reddish brick buildings - peppered with bursts of colour - act as a rich backdrop to the residents’ everyday activities, creating a vibrant and engaging streetscape.

A range of open spaces, from private gardens, balconies and terraces, alongside larger shared communal spaces, support the social aspects of neighbourhood life, providing opportunities to recharge and unwind, while improving biodiversity and access to nature.

+56 Affordable, high quality homes, set around a modern mews street
+Design, scale and form is a modern interpretation of the spatial characteristics of the Becontree Estate 
+One to three-storey mews houses and three to four-storey apartment blocks
+Passive principles integrated into the building fabric reduces energy consumption
+Array of outdoor spaces - balconies, private gardens, terraces, community spaces
+Refurbished and extended former library building provides community amenity

Client: Be First
Services Engineer: Max Fordham
Structural Engineer: Elliott Wood
Civil Engineering: Lewis Hubbard
Landscape Architect: MRG