2024-12-23T14:43:28-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149951735/london-revives-co-housing Ellen Hancock 2016-06-15T10:28:00-04:00 >2016-06-18T20:39:59-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8a9676d51c53bdb81f99e0cbd3bc10fc?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>As rents spiral in London, one company is proposing a solution. The Collective is a new block of apartments that acts like a giant shared house: small private bedrooms with communal laundry, kitchens, spa, cinema and workspaces &hellip; and some covert matchmaking by the managers. Our series on the global revolution in urban living goes inside the modern-day boarding house</p></em><br /><br /><p>Read related articles here:</p><ul><li><a href="http://uk.archinect.com/news/article/149950492/manchester-s-economic-boom-threatens-its-cultural-identity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manchester's economic boom threatens its cultural identity</a></li><li><a href="http://uk.archinect.com/news/article/149947731/to-live-in-london-you-can-t-be-a-londoner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">To live in London you can't be a Londoner</a></li><li><a href="http://uk.archinect.com/news/article/149947505/london-fails-to-achieve-any-targets-for-affordable-housing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London fails to achieve any targets for affordable housing</a></li></ul>