Tower Court

Overlooking Clapton Common in Stamford Hill, Hackney, Tower Court is a residential-led regeneration project for Hackney Council and Countryside Properties. The development, winner of a Housing Design Award, comprises 132 high-quality new council homes, alongside a comprehensive public realm strategy and new commercial space — tailored to the needs of the local Jewish community. Khan Architects achieved planning consent. CGL was appointed as delivery architects by Countryside Properties.

The initial designs by Adam Khan Architects and Muf Architects achieved planning consent, with Child Graddon Lewis appointed as lead consultant to deliver the scheme, creating all iterations to ensure buildability and added value.

The scheme demonstrates the benefits of community engagement and collaboration. The development includes a number of larger family homes for social rent and other tenures. Through extensive consultation, the Council and the architects worked hard to find common ground between Haredi households and other large households – whether they are adults sharing or large families from all cultures. This common ground translated into a set of principles for designing generously sized and well-planned family homes in a dense neighbourhood. But it’s not just about housing, the plans also include improved public spaces, shared courtyards for planting and a commercial unit.

“With Hackney facing a severe housing crisis and over 13,000 people waiting for a Council home, the delivery of Tower Court is further proof that we’re doing everything we can to provide the genuinely affordable housing we need to help families who need it most. Just as importantly, by working hard to understand the needs of local people here in Stamford Hill, our plans for Tower Court show that the homes we build are firmly rooted in their communities and available and accessible to everyone who might need them.”

— Philip Glanville, Mayor of Hackney