 The eco-friendly houses go on sale on Saturday |
An award-winning architect whose work includes the Millennium Dome and the Lloyds building in London has designed �60,000 eco-friendly family homes. The flat-pack orange, pink and mauve "flexi-homes", designed to have 50% less carbon emissions than comparable houses, were built at Milton Keynes.
Lord Richard Rogers' first houses for 37 years are to go on sale on Saturday
A government scheme to find affordable homes led to builder Wimpey taking on the design for 145 homes at Oxley Park.
The new homes will allow owners to attach more rooms, to divide open-plan spaces, as part of a prefabricated system.
It is planned that 56 of the homes will meet the �60,000 lower price tag.
'Urban life champion'
The houses are built with recycled timber frames, large windows and "Eco-hat" roofs to keep the buildings cool in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Graeme Dodd, of George Wimpey, told BBC News: "I think the result is that we've come up with some houses that are innovative, sustainable, great design, great energy efficiency and will appeal to the sort of people who will enjoy living in Milton Keynes."
Last month Lord Rogers, 73, won the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize for his work over more than 40 years.
He was hailed as a "champion of urban life" by panellists for his high-tech designs which also included the National Assembly for Wales, the Ground Zero towers , Madrid's Barajas Airport and Paris' Pompidou Centre.
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