Meet the faces behind housing providers across Europe
Every month we introduce you to one of the people leading the work of our member organisations. In this edition, we take a trip to Belfast to meet Alan Shannon, the new Chair of our member, NIFHA. Alan presents the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations, gives us information about the perception of housing in N. Ireland and shares some thoughts about the current challenges at national level. Plus, as usual, he reveals his secret recipe for a good life-work balance.
An industrial building transformed into 89 social and moderate rental homes
SLRB inaugurates its latest project in Brussels
89 social and moderate rental homes were inaugurated in September in the municipality of Molenbeek in Brussels by SLRB and its local housing association. The building complex Lavoisier is located in a former tobacco factory of the British American Tobacco. How can a former industrial site be transformed into energy efficient, affordable housing?
Matilde Baffa Ugo Rivolta European Architecture Award 2017
The finest of social housing architecture
The new edition of the Matilde Baffa Ugo Rivolta Award confirms the idea of bringing the finest social building designs constructed in Europe over the last five years to the attention of a wider public.
