Peter Barber, one of the UK’s most prolific social housing architects, presents his practice’s past and present work as part of the Barbican Centre and Architecture Foundation’s Architecture on Stage programme.
For the past two decades, Peter Barber Architects has been redefining how we approach the design of social housing, establishing a reputation for playful reinterpretations of traditional housing models such as mansion blocks and back-to-back terraces. In 2001, the firm won first prize in the Architecture Foundation-run competition for the Donnybrook Quarter (2006), a development of 40 homes commissioned by the housing association Circle 33 for a site in Hackney.
This talk was filmed on 05 October 2021 by Giovanni Edwards for the Architecture Foundation. https://www.instagram.com/giomagics/
Architecture on Stage is a programme of talks and debates curated by The Architecture Foundation in partnership with the Barbican Centre.
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