Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove was the most significant building of 2009

We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove, "the original timber tower".

On an unassuming street in the east London borough of Hackney is a relatively small housing block that looks entirely unremarkable.

But this building – the world's first plyscraper – kickstarted a timber revolution.

Murray Grove was the most significant building of 2009

A blockbuster year for architecture, 2009 saw numerous...