Sidney Close

Lane End, Bucks

These 19 two bedroom houses are arranged on a sloped site around a central communal courtyard. The courtyard garden serves a two purposes; protecting the garden spaces from the noise of the nearby M40; and creating a shared communal recreational space that will bring neighbours together and help build a stronger sense of community.

Although a relatively urban design typology, the houses with their integral carports reduce the need for on-street parking freeing up the public realm to be more pedestrian friendly and a further opportunity for greater community activity and play.

Description: 19 two bedroom houses for affordable rent

Site: 0.65Ha

GIFA: 1,691SM (18,201SF)

Contract Value:

Status: complete, summer 2021

Client: Jarvis Contracting for Catalyst Housing

Design Architects: ZCD Architects

Struct. & Civil Eng.: IESIS Goup

MEP Eng.:

Landscape Arch.: Ireland Albrecht Landscape Architects

RT Team: Richard Watson & Kate O’Neill