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Mæ selected as finalist for BD's Architect of the Year Award for Public & Social Housing 2022 Practice News

Organised and hosted by Building Design, the BD Architect of the Year awards annually recognise architectural practices that have made the most significant contribution to British Architecture over the past year.

Mæ have been selected as Finalist for the Public & Social Housing category, projects submitted include affordable housing across London such as Kentmere in Regents Park, Agar Grove in Camden, White City in Hammersmith & Fulham and Knight's Walk in Lambeth.

Winners will be announced across the 15 categories on the evening awards ceremony scheduled for October 2022.

July 2022 See the full shortlist
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Knight's Walk wins CN Awards Project Update

Knight's Walk, Mæ's housing scheme in Lambeth is announced as winner of the Construction News Awards 2022, winning the Residential Construction Excellence category.

Judges look for evidence of successful strategy, high-quality schemes and a commitment to local planning, innovation and sustainability.

A great achievement for all involved.

July 2022
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Work begins on the new Noele Gordon House site in East Ham Project Update

Work has begun on site of the former The Hartley Centre. Noele Gordon House is a 1,650 sqm community health centre with living accommodation above for elderly residents in Newham.

Working alongside a great team, the 75 ‘later living’ homes for the over-55s in two new blocks in East Ham comprise 55 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom flats, exclusively for people over 55.

Improvements to the public realm will also be started, including additional planting along Barking Road and Hartley Avenue, pavement widening along Hartley Avenue, as well as new cycle parking and benches off Barking Road.

July 2022
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Architecture Today - Rethinking Resi webinar Research News

A one-day webinar hosted by Architecture Today, featured Alex Ely, Director and Founder at Mæ in June. Rethinking Resi, an online forum focused on discussing the challenges and opportunities for increasing housing supply, whilst delivering better housing and places where people strive to live.

Alex led the discussion alongside the panel, exploring the challenge of delivering healthy, sustainable housing in the current climate, with a keen on eye on the future climate.

Fellow collaborators and speakers included Hawkins/Brown, Proctor & Matthews Architects, SIG, Arup Architecture and PDP London as well as many more from talented teams and schemes.

July 2022 Find out more
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Think Tank 021 - A collaborative webinar from Kjellander Sjöberg featuring Mæ Research News

How do we establish a sense of community and belonging in the urban context...?
Hosted by Kjellander Sjöberg, an online webinar in June discussed proximity through nearness, scale and community.

The event was a huge success with architects from across the world, joining the conversion and investigating proximity on different scales such as district, urban park, neighbourhood, institution, block, workplace and home, bringing examples from Sweden and the UK.

Panel guests consisted of Finn Williams, the City Architect of Malmö, and outstanding Swedish and UK architecture practices: Mae Architects, MARELD, IF_DO, Mole Architects, We Made That and Fisher Cheng.

July 2022 Find out more