The design of narrow frontage single-storey houses on the Cockaigne Housing Group development drew inspiration from Danish models and the efforts of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Research and Development Group, spearheaded by Cleeve Barr and Oliver Cox, where both Randall and Parkes contributed. The Ryde implemented a flexible two-bay layout, enabling various configurations that could include one to four bedrooms and one or more internal patios to enhance light and ventilation in the core of the homes. Built in the early 1960s, the scheme celebrates much of what mid-century architecture championed: a relationship with the outdoors, natural materials and a strong sense of community. There is a shared community house on the plot that, for 20 years, served as a nursery school for the houses on the estate. In 1964, the scheme won an Architectural Design Project Award.