'One of the key issues is that you need people to be in housing for the long term...' Stephen Proctor discusses how the Housing Crisis is effecting all age groups with The Times' Laura Whately.

"As we get older and live longer there is going to be a bigger problem..." The studio has recently designed several residential developments aimed at older people and retirement living including Chapter House for developer PegasusLife. Set within the conservation area of Lichfield, Chapter House provides 38 one and two bedroom apartments, specifically designed around the needs of people as they age, allowing them to live independently for longer within the wider community.

The scheme has been designed with the need combat loneliness and nurture a sense of community in mind. An existing and cherished public garden - Monks Walk - is incorporated into a new publicly accessible route that links a shared courtyard containing generous amenity spaces for residents and visitors, to a new pocket park at the front of the building, thus knitting the development into the townscape and connecting residents with the existing community.