RIBA president Alan Jones has said he believes Mikhail Riches’ Stirling Prize-winning council homes in Norwich are the embodiment of a sea-change in UK housing.

Jones said the 93-home Passivhaus scheme in Norwich, delivered for the city council to a £17.3m budget, dealt with at least two of the sector’s biggest issues: how new housing is commissioned and how energy efficient it can be.

In an opinion piece for left-leaning magazine the New Statesman, the RIBA president said Goldsmith Street proved that good design did not have to cost the earth and that housebuilders can address the climate crisis head on.

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