Muse wins Sustainable Places and Healthy Homes Award at the Build to Rent Awards 2026

Stroudley Walk has won the Sustainable Places and Healthy Homes Award at Love to Rent’s 2026 Build to Rent Awards.

The award recognises environmentally responsible places that support healthy living for residents and communities over the long-term. Stroudley Walk was also highly commended for the Development of the Year award which recognised outstanding developments that demonstrate excellence in design, delivery and long-term market impact.

Completed earlier this year in partnership with housing association Poplar HARCA and the GLA, Stroudley Walk marks an important milestone in the transformation of Bromley-by-Bow. The brownfield land had been waiting for regeneration for decades. It is now a mixed-use neighbourhood of 274 homes, 50% of which are affordable, including 82 homes for London Affordable Rent and 33 shared ownership. All 82 three- and four-bedroom family homes were delivered as affordable housing, as a local needs assessment showed this type of housing was most needed in the borough.

With a large number of families with neurodiverse children also on the waiting list for social housing in the area, Poplar HARCA co-designed two homes with families with neurodiverse children who now live in them. The design choices included using sensory-friendly features that foster a calm and safe environment, the first of their kind delivered by a public-private partnership.

Upper East, the private sale element of Stroudley Walk, was among the first tall residential buildings in London to complete with a second staircase following the introduction of new second staircase requirements. Although the regulations did not apply to Stroudley Walk at its stage of delivery, Muse chose to redesign the tower to include one, because it was the right thing to do for resident safety.

Alongside the homes, Stroudley Walk includes three ground-floor retail spaces, a community hub, a pocket park and a community courtyard for residents to socialise and spend time in. The neighbourhood has also reinstated a pedestrian thoroughfare, making the area a safer and healthier place to live.

The award reflects the ambition behind Stroudley Walk: to create a sustainable and healthy new neighbourhood where each decision was made in collaboration with and in service to the community. The outcome is a neighbourhood that has regenerated unloved land, returned it to the community and provided the homes Tower Hamlets and London needs most. It’s encouraging to see a development that has brought much-needed affordable and accessible homes, public spaces and opportunities to the area recognised in this way.