Shared Living
Housing and residential design that prioritizes community, collective spaces, and shared resources among residents.
the house for living: A Courtyard Complex That Treats Shelter, Learning and Belonging as One Plan
Three principles of living, growth and interaction shape a white, courtyard-laced complex where homeless teenagers find a home, skills and each other.
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[To] SHARE: A Movable Balcony System That Treats Facades as Shared Infrastructure
An Uber-for-balconies concept retrofits a Singapore public housing block with a modular exoskeleton of mobile, shareable rooms.
The Street of Life: Elderly Co-Living Organised Around the Social Life of the Moroccan Street
A Runner-up Co-Life entry in Temara, Morocco, uses the street, the riad courtyard and the market as a framework for independent, sociable senior living.
Actual Office Turns South London Shell Spaces into a Warm, Steel-Accented Shared Living Scheme
At Cherry Orchard, a restrained palette of pale timber, white brick, and polished steel gives communal living a sense of quiet permanence.
Four Offices Design a Timber-Hybrid Housing Cooperative on Munich's Largest Expansion Site
In Freiham, WOGENO München and four architecture studios prove that large-scale cooperative housing can be materially inventive and socially generous.
SV60 Arquitectos Wraps 134 Homes Around a Green Lung in Eastern Seville
A permeable perimeter block in Sevilla Este uses cross-ventilation, ribbed metal cladding, and a shared courtyard to domesticate a heterogeneous suburb.
Mikael Bergquist Builds a Boat-Access-Only Retreat for Two Artists on a Stockholm Archipelago Island
On the island of Nämdö, a farmhouse-inspired timber cabin ages alongside the Swedish landscape it inhabits.
SOHO Architects Stacks Work and Living into a Pink Twin Block on a Tiny Plot in Calicut
On an 8.5-cent conserved site in Kerala, a compact mixed-use house layers terracotta, arched niches, and planted courtyards into a vertical life.
D'Houndt+Bajart and Associés Build a 228-Room Coliving Village Around a Wildflower Courtyard Near Lille
A concrete arcade frames communal life in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, turning a tired business district into a 13,500 m² neighborhood.
Damith S Munasinghe Folds Studio and Home into a Single 2400-Square-Foot Continuum in Sri Lanka
On a compact site in rapidly urbanizing Malabe, courtyards, portals, and planted rooftops blur the line between dwelling and design practice.
Living Around: A Hollow Cylinder That Refuses to Pick a Front Door
Katarzyna Zabielska's circular residential building eliminates hierarchy through geometry, wrapping compact living units around a shared courtyard landscap
Co-Living Home by Yuan Architects – Innovative Urban Living in China
Co-Living Home by Yuan Architects transforms a narrow urban plot into dynamic, split-level residences, connecting indoor-outdoor spaces for young professionals.
