From Residential, BTR, Co-Living, Later Living and BPSA, we believe that well-considered architecture results from the ability to maximise economic value through skilful spatial organisation and detailing, while responding inventively to the physical and social context ensuring the proposals address planning issues.
Residential
We aim to respond in a unique way to the potential of each project, orchestrating space and light, structure and materials, to create a place that exceeds our clients’ expectations, enriching the lives of those who use it and contributing to the wider environment.
In our residential and mixed-use projects our aim is to create an enjoyable experience for the individual as the basis of the wider economic, social and environmental values.
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
Our approach to public and social housing design aims to create a sense of place through unique and contextual solutions.
Our philosophy of integrating landscape and architecture shapes places where people from diverse backgrounds can call home. Through the thoughtful organisation of spaces centred around public gardens, we foster opportunities for both communal and personal experiences.
Tenure-blind design and touchstones, such as an elegant door handle, create a sense of belonging; enhancing the remembered journey – from street to front door, and the place we call home within.
BTR
Designing a Build to Rent project involves understanding how places and people function on various scales, from the broader perspective to the finer details.
It is also crucial to anticipate how communities and the needs of residents will evolve over time. Our BTR buildings are designed to create unique living spaces and provide homes for different age and social groups while responding to the local context.
A beautiful and successful building is the result of a strong narrative and core values. We have identified the following key principles to set our Build to Rent projects apart from conventional residential buildings:
Brand. Amenity & offering. Community. Placemaking. Buildability & longevity. Advocacy & planning.
Later Living
Designed specifically for today’s generation of older people who want to lead an active life in the heart of the inner city.
In a sensitive but contemporary twist on the traditional English almshouse, the Courtyard Housing represents a radical shake up of an established design typology, providing 27 spacious single-storey 1-3 bedroom dwellings for elderly residents. This visionary council housing demonstrates that thoughtful design can provide high-quality social housing on a budget, unlocking land at a time when accommodation is the biggest challenge facing all London boroughs. As one of the first capital funded Local Authority elderly persons housing being built for a generation, the development will set a high benchmark for future housing within the Borough.
This isn’t just good council housing, it is good housing.
The Architects’ Journal
Co-Location
As the way in which we live becomes more flexible, we want to provide buildings that respond to modern lifestyles and the challenges of the UK housing market.
With the increase in hybrid working people's lifestyle are changing/ This comes with a demand for more mixed spaces that offer a sense of community. Our aim is to create a truly integrated experience, providing for our community or residents' day-to day needs within a short distance.
Our aim is to connect a broad range of residents young and old, individuals and families, with a variety of occupations.
PBSA
Weaving architecture and landscape our designs for student housing seek to establish a place that students enjoy, want to live in, study, and which cultivates a shared identity and collectively integrates student living within the Campus and the collective student life at their University.
Patel Taylor developed a student housing masterplan comprising 2000 units for the University of Essex and secured outline planning permission for The Copse which provides 600 student rooms.
Taking cues from the original campus masterplan, a series of long linear blocks weaves between itself to create squares and pockets of space. Two curved buildings respond to two bands of existing trees and provide a mix of individual rooms and small clusters of 3 to 4 bedroom flats with common living areas including kitchen, dining area and soft seating. The Copse creates a place that students enjoy, want to live in, study, which cultivates a shared identity and integrates student living with the University Campus.
In line with the local authority requirements, the proposed accommodation was designed to achieve a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’ and Green Guide ‘A’ rating for the building materials.
