Historic Housing Complex Transformation in England
In Sheffield, England, a historic housing complex is transformed from a city nuisance into a budding neighborhood.
Text by
Published by
In 1961, architects Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith built Park Hill, a 32-acre, Corbusian working-class apartment complex with 995 flats, plus pubs and shops. But by the 1980s, Park Hill had become dangerous and crime-ridden. Little changed until 2004, when design studio Urban Splash and architecture firm Hawkins/Brown (in collaboration with Studio Egret West) began to resurrect the mixed-use buildings.
Published
Last Updated