Tower Court
Clapton Common, London
132 mixed tenure homes and ambulance depot, designed through extensive collaboration with Hackney Council, local and returning residents, and several architecture practices
A synthesis of landscape and architecture
A set of mansion blocks face Clapton Common
1/5Learning From, Designing With
Front and backs
"In the particular is contained the universal"
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- Tower Court, Clapton Common, London
- Project: 132 mixed tenure homes and ambulance depot
- Client: Hackney Council
- Duration: 2015 – 2023
- Status: Completed
- NLA Award: Overall Winner 2024, Winner
- NLA Award: Housing 2024, Winner
- NLA Award: Mayor's Prize 2018, Shortlisted
- Housing Design Awards 2017, Project Winner
AKA Design Team: Muf architecture/art, Daisy Froud, J&L Gibbons, Cathy Hawley, Tom Stebbing, Bernd Schmutz, Tibbalds, Ellis & Moore, MLM
Client Design Team: Potter Raper
Executive Architect: Child Graddon Lewis
Contractor: Countryside
Photography: Alex Solomon, Alan Williams, David Grandorge, Hackney Council, Ioana Marinescu
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1/2Carefully composed bands of texture in brickwork define the hierarchy of facade elements
1/3A soft adjustment of the grid gives a geological quality
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1/4Courtyards as social condensers
Robust and dignified entrances act as public rooms
1/2Achieving bespoke craft - signage and artworks made by a local mosaic charity
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Highly flexible family homes
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“Adam Khan Architects were appointed by Hackney Council in 2015 as main consultant and lead architect for Tower Court – a 132 unit scheme in Stamford Hill. They completed the design work to RIBA Stage 3+ and were subsequently appointed by the Council as a client-side design guardian for the scheme. They developed a sophisticated and thoughtful response to a demanding brief – successfully designing exemplary family housing at high density whilst being sympathetic to the heritage context of the site. They have proved to be dedicated, capable and talented architects.”
