{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox building | name = Y:Cube | status = Complete | image = Y Cube - Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners .jpg | location = Corner of Clay Avenue and Woodstock Way, Mitcham, London | location_country = England | coordinates = {{coord|51.4089|-0.1474}} | completion_date = 2015 | architect = Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners | owner = YMCA St Paul’s Group | cost = GBP £1,600,000<ref name="RSH"/> | elevator_count = | structural_engineer = AECOM | main_contractor = SIG plc | opening_date = {{Start date and age|2015|09|08|df=yes}} | developer = | height = | floor_count = 3 | floor_area = {{convert|1640|m2|sqft|sigfig=2}} | top_floor = }}
'''Y:Cube''' is a three-storey block of 36 one-bedroom affordable housing flats, owned by YMCA St Paul's Group.<ref name="YMCA1">{{cite web |url= https://www.ymca.org.uk/latest-news/ymca-and-rshps-innovative-factory-built-affordable-housing-scheme-welcomes-first-tenants-in-south-west-london|publisher= YMCA|title= YMCA and RSH+P's innovative factory-built affordable housing scheme welcomes first tenants in south west London|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> They include George William Court,<ref name="YMCA1"/> 148 Clay Avenue and flats 36A-E Woodstock Way in Mitcham in London, England. George William Court was named after the founder of YMCA, George Williams.<ref name="YMCA1"/>
==Construction history==
Construction of the flats started in March 2015 and were completed in the August of the same year.<ref name="DBW">{{cite web|url=https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Y:Cube_development_in_Mitcham|publisher=Designing Buildings|title=Y:Cube development in Mitcham|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321204830/https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Y:Cube_development_in_Mitcham|url-status=dead}}</ref> The flats were built by SIG plc at a construction cost of £1,600,000 and they were designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, with Ivan Harbour being the lead architect.<ref name="DBW"/><ref name="RSH">{{cite web|url= https://www.rsh-p.com/projects/ycube/|publisher= Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners|title= Y:Cube|access-date= 19 March 2019|archive-date= 21 March 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190321204833/https://www.rsh-p.com/projects/ycube/|url-status= dead}}</ref> The project managers were AECOM.<ref name="RSH"/> The flats were constructed off-site in Derbyshire before being transported to London.<ref name="HOP"/><ref name="WAN">{{cite web |url= https://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/article/1515803/cube-shaped-housing-solution|publisher= worldarchitecturenews.com|title= A cube-shaped housing solution|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref>
The block of flats were opened on 8 September 2015 by the then Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Brandon Lewis MP.<ref name="HOP">{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CDP-2015-0090/CDP-2015-0090.pdf|publisher= Parliament of the United Kingdom|title=Modern Prefabricated Housing |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
==Awards== *2015 AIA UK Awards Shortlist *2015 Edison Awards - Silver medal in the ‘Social Solutions’ category *2016 World Architecture Festival 2016 - Completed Housing - Shortlist *2016 Urban Land Institute J C Nichols Award for Visionaries in Urban Development *2016 RIBA Journal MacEwen Award - Shortlist
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://ymcastpaulsgroup.org/home/our-services/accommodation/y-cube/ Official webpage of Y:Cube] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321204835/https://ymcastpaulsgroup.org/home/our-services/accommodation/y-cube/ |date=21 March 2019 }} *[https://www.rsh-p.com/projects/ycube/ Y:Cube on the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321204833/https://www.rsh-p.com/projects/ycube/ |date=21 March 2019 }}
Category:2005 establishments in England Category:Residential buildings in London Category:Housing estates in London Category:Richard Rogers buildings Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Merton Category:YMCA buildings