The shortlist for the RIBA Neave Brown Award for Housing is announced today. The annual award recognises the UK’s best new affordable housing, with this year's shortlisted projects demonstrating how high-quality affordable homes can meet both community needs and environmental ambitions.

Many of the qualities celebrated by the judges are exactly those that underpin Biophilic Design: abundant natural daylight, dual-aspect homes, visual connections to nature, biodiverse planting, natural materials, community interaction, and layouts that encourage movement, safety and wellbeing.