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NLA Awards shortlist for Harriet Hardy House Project Update

Harriet Hardy Extra Care has been shortlisted for a NLA Award in the Housing category. The project has been cited as a 21st century almshouse, Harriet Hardy House provides 119 new council homes - of which 54 are much needed extra care social rented flats for older persons.

The NLA Awards recognise projects that contribute to and enhance the NLA's vision for a New London: a city that is sustainable, civilised and egalitarian, that seeks to improve the quality and standards of new design. Winners will be announced on Thursday 21st November at a reception at Guildhall, City of London.

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NLA awards shortlist for Daventry House Project Update

Daventry House has been shortlisted for a NLA Award in the Mixed-use category. The project has been cited as a landmark Community Supported Housing scheme providing 59 affordable social rent homes for elderly people to live safely, actively and independently, complemented by new business enterprise spaces.

The NLA Awards recognise projects that contribute to and enhance the NLA's vision for a New London: a city that is sustainable, civilised and egalitarian, that seeks to improve the quality and standards of new design. Winners will be announced on Thursday 21st November at a reception at Guildhall, City of London.

August 2024

B Corp® ‘Continued Improvement Plan’ workshop Practice News

We recently held our first B Corp® ‘Continued Improvement Plan’ workshop.

Since certifying in early 2024, our thoughts have been ‘what's next?’.

Taking inspiration from the proposed new B Corp® standards, our team gathered at Mæ’s Sands End Arts and Community Centre, and together we have outlined our future positive impact aspirations and objectives.

Over the next three years we will continue to embed high social and environmental standards in both our projects and throughout the practice. We will regularly publish Mæ’s impact statements, ensuring transparency and accountability.

We are delighted to see how many new B Corp® certified architectural practices there are now in the UK. We are already collaborating and supporting each other to make real change within the built environment industry, including delivering on the RIBA 2030 Challenge and Architects Declare climate pledges.

We hope to see many of our collaborators at the Louder Than Words B Corp festival in September.

July 2024

4th Athens ESG Forum Practice News

Director Alex Ely has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the 4th Athens ESG Forum. The Athens ESG Forum is the most prestigious conference about ESG and sustainable development in Greece. The Forum will be addressing key issues concerning the entrepreneurial environment. In 2024, more companies will begin to take ESG seriously, not simply as an exercise in compliance and risk management, but as an opportunity to redesign their business models from the ground up.

June 2024 Read more

Inside Housing Development Awards shortlist Project Update

Daventry House has been shortlisted in the 'Best Healthy Homes Development' category in the Inside Housing Development Awards and Harriet Hardy Extra Care has been shortlisted in the 'Best Supported Housing Development'.

The Inside Housing Development Awards offer an opportunity to celebrate the very best residential developments across the UK over the past year – and share learning more widely. The awards recognise the teams, schemes and solutions that have made a positive impact in these exceptional times.

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RIBA London Awards 2024 Keynote Practice News

Mæ Director Alex Ely will be this year's keynote speaker at the RIBA London Awards. The event will celebrate the most sustainable, original and inclusive buildings enriching our communities in London. The London Awards will take place on Friday, 10th May, from 6.30pm until 11 pm at RIBA HQ, 66 Portland Place, W1B 1NR.

The evening will celebrate the 76 projects shortlisted for the regional awards and reveal the winners during the evening. The audience will consist of approximately 250 guests, including representatives of the 76 shortlisted practices, their guests, RIBA Awards Judges, RIBA London Group chairs, and other stakeholders.

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Footprint+ Practice News

We're pleased to be sponsoring FOOTPRINT+, the world's most advanced international conference for the decarbonisation of the built environment. Constantly breaking new ground, it has set a precedent in the UK's swiftly-advancing and ever more integrated property and technology sectors.

Our Director Alex Ely will be chairing a panel session 'Promoting the positives in timber-framed housing' on Wednesday 8th May. Further information can be found at Footprint+.

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Housing Design Awards shortlist for Daventry House Project Update

Daventry House, designed for Westminster City Council, has been shortlisted for a Housing Design Award 2024.

The Housing Design Award are the only awards that join the major built environment professions – RICS, RIBA and RTPI – with DLUHC, GLA, Homes England and major stakeholders, such as NHBC, in finding the best new places to live.

The Awards were launched by Nye Bevan in 1948, in the same sitting of Parliament as the NHS, to identify the best ideas among councils’ post-war rebuild. The awards were subsequently opened up to market sale homes in 1960 by Harold Macmillan.

April 2024 Read more

Housing Design Awards shortlist for Harriet Hardy extra care Project Update

Harriet Hardy extra care house, designed for Southwark Council, has been shortlisted for a Housing Design Award 2024.