Living in the future

Printworks is a mixed-tenure, mixed-use scheme on a former railway coal store in Elephant & Castle. As well as the street surface, the brief includes integration of pedestrian and cycle routes, fences, waste recycling facilities and lighting Photograph: PR

5th Studio’s Fairfield Road seeks to deliver a truly low-carbon building on a small-scale urban infill site. It is designed to generate all the energy needed to heat, light and ventilate the flats on site from renewable sources Photograph: 5th Studio/PR

The Lighthouse by Arup is the first house to achieve a design rating of level 6 (the highest grade) of the Code for Sustainable Homes Photograph: Arup/PR

Located next to Tate Modern, Project Bankside comprises 230 apartments in five buildings of different heights, arranged to optimise natural light Photograph: Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners/PR

A new residential mews within a dense and diverse East London block. The painted surfaces on the facades, cranked open from the primary elevation, encourage light penetration and privacy; the rendered screens are fully enclosed at ground floor level with sheltered balconies on the first floor Photograph: spaced out architecture studios/PR

A high density mixed housing development of 55 flats and 13 large houses planned around a central courtyard. As well as underground parking, the central area provides access to the majority of the dwellings, recreation space and visual interest when viewed from above Photograph: Brady Mallalieu Architects/PR

The Eco-Tower is organised so that all apartments are oriented south to optimise passive solar gain. The balconies become glazed winter gardens at higher levels and combine to give the building its distinctive form Photograph: HTA/PR

This development in Catford, Lewisham, makes use of a redundant yard, restores a commercial building and creates a new piece of contemporary architecture Photograph: Duggan Morris Architects/PR