Derelict site on London’s Billionaire’s Row ‘has space for 300 homes’

An illustration of a speculative proposal by Stirling Prize-winning architects Mae for an arts and community centre on The Bishops Avenue, north London. Photograph: Mae and Arka Works

It is one of Britain’s most expensive streets, earning the moniker “Billionaire’s Row”. Yet The Bishops Avenue in north London also has areas of dilapidation, with mansions there having been left derelict for decades.

Now, Britain’s leading architects have drawn up a blueprint for building hundreds of affordable homes on the avenue. According to designs drawn up by firms including Mae, which last month won the Stirling prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award, there is room for up to 300 homes on one particular site.