What we do
How we do it
Our residential work is guided by a simple ambition: to create places where people can flourish. Across market, affordable, build-to-rent, co-living, later-living and student housing, we combine high-quality homes with landscape, shared spaces and local amenities. Efficient planning, durable design and a deep understanding of different lifestyles allow us to create inclusive communities and deliver long-term value for residents, clients and neighbourhoods.
People, housing and inclusion
We begin with the needs and aspirations of the people who will live in each place. Space, light, structure, materials and landscape are orchestrated to make homes comfortable, adaptable and distinctive, while shared areas support interaction without compromising privacy. By balancing individual experience with efficient planning and long-term stewardship, we create wider social, environmental and economic value.
Patel Taylor have once again created a quality design, combined with a sensible approach which will certainly result in an award-winning scheme and high-quality residential offering much needed in this up and coming location. We look forward to our next project with Patel Taylor, a most professional, creative and committed architectural firm.
Omer Weinberger, Director, Avanton, August 2015
Affordable homes
We design affordable housing with the same care, dignity and material quality as every other tenure. Contextual architecture, efficient layouts and tenure-blind entrances are combined with gardens, play spaces and clear thresholds from street to home. This integrated approach supports both private and collective life, creating durable neighbourhoods where residents from diverse backgrounds can feel secure, valued and connected.
Build to Rent
Build to Rent requires a clear identity, a strong operational model and an understanding of how residents' needs will change over time. We coordinate homes, amenities, landscape and active ground-floor uses to create distinctive communities that are efficient to build, manage and maintain. Flexible layouts, durable materials and a coherent resident experience support long-term occupancy, planning success and investment value.
Brand. Amenity and offering. Community. Placemaking. Buildability and longevity. Advocacy and planning.
Later living
We design later-living environments that support independence, wellbeing and choice. Accessible homes are integrated with welcoming shared spaces, landscape and opportunities for social connection, enabling residents to remain active while receiving different levels of support as their needs change. From rightsizer homes to assisted living and extra care, our approach combines dignity, adaptability and efficient long-term operation.
This isn’t just good council housing, it is good housing.
The Architects’ Journal
Student housing
Our student housing brings together well-designed private rooms, generous shared spaces and landscape to support study, wellbeing and social life. Clear circulation and a strong sense of arrival make buildings easy to understand, while communal facilities encourage interaction and shared identity. Efficient, durable planning ensures that schemes integrate with their campus and wider neighbourhood and remain adaptable over time.
Co-living
Co-living responds to more flexible lifestyles by combining well-planned private accommodation with high-quality shared amenities and spaces for work, wellbeing and social life. We organise these uses to create choice, privacy and community, supported by active ground floors and strong connections to the surrounding neighbourhood. Adaptable layouts and robust operational planning help buildings remain relevant and valuable as ways of living continue to change.
Living / Work / Leisure
Spaces brough together
Individual building with multiple uses
