It’s a bright and clear morning. The sun is beating down on the Appleby Blue almshouses in Bermondsey. Two older men, tops off—as is customary when the sun unseasonably appears in London—are soaking it up on the roof gardens of the new building’s southern edge. The almshouse was recently completed by Witherford Watson Mann for the 500-year-old charity United St Saviour’s. “You can’t really be disappointed living here,” one said, having just been rehoused from a site down the road that awaits redevelopment. The rooftop gardens are already lush and blooming, brimming with produce grown for the community kitchen. Downstairs, the kitchen spills out into a double-height dining space
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