Tibby's Triangle

When Adnams relocated its brewery distribution depot away from the centre of Southwold, it freed up a significant triangular site for redevelopment. Ash Sakula won the invited competition and was appointed architect for a two-part project to create a shop and cafe for the brewery, followed by a development of mixed-tenure housing. 

We immersed ourselves in the specific close-grained texture of this unspoilt seaside town: alleys and ginnels, little gardens packed with plants, unexpected views, interesting corners and peculiar juxtapositions of different scales. We opened up this once-impermeable industrial site and gave it back to the town; striking it through with small-scale passages, little green spaces and streets of attractive new homes.