James Gorst Architects
Upton Apartment Building, Northampton
2004
A thirty-eight apartment building in a new residential expansion to Northampton, the early phases of which were recently awarded a BREEAM Award 2007 for environmental excellence. Filling a whole block, this building steps up from three storeys at the rear to a five-storey tower given emphasis by subtle inflections in plan to provide a focus at the apex of two major streets. An existing belt of woodland to the rear is brought into the building materially with timber cladding to an open courtyard around which the apartments are arranged.
Photography: Alex Franklin
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