Eastway, London
2 new homes on an under-utilised infill site
Status - Planning permission granted

Urban scene with modern residential buildings, trees, and a few people: one person riding a bike, another walking a dog. The sky is partly cloudy.

Novak Hiles Architects has secured planning approval for an infill housing scheme on a vacant, overgrown site in Hackney Wick, transforming a redundant brownfield plot into two new homes: a three-bedroom and a one-bedroom dwelling.

The project reimagines a site that currently detracts from its surroundings, delivering a high-quality residential building that enhances the local setting and demonstrates the value of small urban sites in meeting housing demand. Developed for our clients Caswell & Dainow, the scheme carefully responds to constraints of massing, distance, privacy, and outlook.

The building is composed as three cascading volumes, stepping away from neighbouring properties to reduce impact and overlooking. A clearly defined entrance sequence provides each home with its own private street access, fostering a strong sense of ownership.

The external stair to the upper duplex is fully integrated into the frontage and celebrated as a key architectural feature. The design reinterprets the London villa typology in a contemporary form.

Planning permission was granted in 2023, with construction now underway.

A modern multi-story apartment building with beige brick exterior, large windows, and a rooftop garden. In the foreground, children are riding bicycles on the street, and two adults are walking on the sidewalk. Trees and a train track are visible in the background.
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Architectural model of modern wooden buildings on a white background.
A minimalist sketch of a living room with large windows and potted plants, featuring a sofa, dining table, chairs, and simple pendant lights.
Architectural model with wooden and plastic buildings on a light wooden base.

Publications

The project has been published in The Architect’s Journal and Building Design

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Project Team

Architects / Novak Hiles Architects
Client / Caswell & Dainow
Planning consultant / Wildstone Planning
Landscape Design / Novak Hiles Architects
Interior Design / Novak Hiles Architects
Model / Novak Hiles Architects
Visualiser / Haze

Line drawing of a cozy room with a large potted plant on the left and a sliding glass door opening to a balcony with a small round table and two chairs, overlooking a field of tall grass.
A digital architectural drawing of three modern apartment buildings with balconies and rooftop gardens, labeled 'Wick Road' on the middle building.