Orwell House is a 6-storey, 100% affordable residential building within the Dorset Estate. The lively facades of the 20 homes reinterpret the patterning of the surrounding postwar estate.

Orwell House for Tower Hamlets delivers 20 dual-aspect, thermally efficient homes on a former car park in the Dorset Estate, a post-war scheme by Berthold Lubetkin. The wedge-shaped building addresses the park and ties into the estate’s geometry. It includes five 1-bed, nine 2-bed, and six 3-bed flats, all for social rent, with two wheelchair-accessible units. Large balconies, a communal roof terrace, and robust materials support long-term resident needs.