NFASP case studies: new studios created in partnership with social and commercial housing

Acme's two groundbreaking studios schemes in London: Leven Road Studios in Poplar, created by a partnership with social housing provider Swan Housing Group and the Galleria, Peckham, with commercial housing group Barratt Homes.


• Acme's Leven Road Studios
is the UK's first 100 per cent affordable, mixed-use residential and artists' studio development, in partnership with a social housing provider, and opened in April 2009.

The scheme was shortlisted for the 2009 Lloyd’s Arts&Business Innovation Prize which recognises “the most innovative and progressive partnerships of the last 18 months”.

Read NFASP's new case study on ACME Leven Road Studios: Developing artists' studios in partnership with social housing providers.


• Acme's Galleria
is the first project to create artists' studios in partnership with a commercial developer. Barratt Homes worked with affordable studio provider Acme Studios to create the mixed-use development in Peckham, south London in 2006.

The Galleria is featured in Living Places, as one of a number of good practice case studies in which cultural activities have been integral to shaping new places in London through regeneration.

Read NFASP's case study on Acme's Galleria: Developing artists' studios in partnership with commercial housing developers.

Date posted: 20th January 2010

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Exterior of Acme’s Leven Road studios. Photo: Gary Weston (2009)

Exterior of Acme’s Leven Road studios. Photo: Gary Weston (2009)