Accordia is a housing development in Cambridge, England. The 9.5-hectare (23.5-acre) site includes 378 dwellings by Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects and has been constructed in three phases. The first phase of the development became the first housing development to win the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize in 2008.
Accordia ABA02 – The Alison Brooks Architects designed Brass Building on Kingfisher Way, Cambridge, CB2 8DL
Grade II listed Brooklands House, home of English Heritage
Grade II listed Regional Seat of Government (nuclear bunker)
Eastbrook, home of HM Government offices
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700; the population of the wider built-up area was 181,137. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
Image: Cambridge Kings College vue des backs
Image: Punts, River Cam geograph.org.uk 5936313
Image: Church of St Mary the Great geograph.org.uk 5897670
Image: Trinity Street, Cambridge (geograph 7688455)