Habitable façades.

Simon Henley, director, andJack Hawthorne, associate,Henley Halebrown Taylor Court (far left)and Chatto Court This page and oppositeTaylor and Chatto Courts This page and opposite Wilmott Court Axonometric diagram Section A-A Fourth floor plan Second floor plan First floor plan Ground floor plan Wor...

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Published in:Architects' Journal pp. 41 - 56
Main Author: Wilson, Rob
Format: Article
Published: EMAP Publishing Limited 6/17/2021
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Summary:Simon Henley, director, andJack Hawthorne, associate,Henley Halebrown Taylor Court (far left)and Chatto Court This page and oppositeTaylor and Chatto Courts This page and opposite Wilmott Court Axonometric diagram Section A-A Fourth floor plan Second floor plan First floor plan Ground floor plan Worm's eye detail section Axonometric diagram Section A-A First floor plan Third floor plan Ground floor plan Second floor plan Building study Henley Halebrown's low-rise, mixed-tenure blockson a Hackney housing estate have a grander-than-usualproportion and civic presence These two new apartment developments byHenley Halebrown are located on the edgeof the post-war Frampton Park Estate inHackney. Simon Henley, co-foundingdirector, Henley Halebrown Engineer's view The structural frames for the five-storeybuildings that form Taylorand Chatto Courts comprisereinforced concrete framing withflat slab construction and includeprecast concrete balconiesand columns. The brickwork serves as a uniform foilto precast concrete frame elements that formbalconies and walkways along portions of thefaçade, in what Henley describes as a "dialecticbetween brick wall and frame".