Peter Barber Architects reinterprets Victorian back-to-back housing in London

Peter Barber Architects has arranged a block of 26 shared-ownership homes around a central courtyard in Stratford, London.
The block on McGrath Road for the London Borough of Newham, is a reinterpretation of the Victorian back-to-back housing typology popular in England's rapidly expanding industrial cities during the early 20th century.Peter Barber Architects' housing at McGrath Road seeks to utilise the density provided by back-to-backs, which were were squeezed in tightly,