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Mæ have been shortlisted alongside an international team for the best architectural and urban planning concepts for the integrated development of Saratov's city centre, including the grounds of the former airport Saratov-Central, Green Island, Park Pobedy and Pokrovskie Peski Island.

Saratov is located in the southeast of the European part of Russia, connected to the city of Engels by Saratov Bridge. Together, these cities form the core of the Saratov metropolitan area. The areas for which architectural and urban planning concepts will be developed are located close to the centre of Saratov and have a total area of 688 hectares.

Sands End Arts and Community Centre has been shortlisted for an Architects' Journal Retrofit Award in the Cultural and Religious Buildings category.

The project restores and completely retrofits the 1903 Clancarty Lodge, which forms the nucleus of a new community hub in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The existing building is surrounded by single-storey pavilions featuring large clerestory windows and saw tooth roofs. The flexible space will be run by a local community trust.

Winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony in February.

Sands End Arts and Community Centre has been selected as a Regional Finalist in the 2021 Civic Trust Awards.

The Civic Trust Awards are an independent not-for-profit organisation recognising projects that have made a positive contribution to the local communities they serve. The selection process also includes the general public who are involved in judging schemes from their local area.

Winning projects and special prizes will be announced in January 2021.

Our Pinnacle House project at Royal Wharf has now completed. The 14-storey tower with restaurants and 110 apartments, sits in a strategic position at the end of a new park on the River Thames as part of a new 40 acre development in London’s Royal Docks.

We drew inspiration from the history and geology of the site to create a characterful and unique building, with scalloped details and a tripartite precast masonry façade textured with oyster shells discovered in the excavation of dock walls.

The design was commended by Newham’s Design Review Panel: 'We support the very strong architectural direction being taken by the design team… The scalloped, grid-like form and the graded variation in the concrete tone, has the potential to be very interesting indeed.’

Our Sands End Arts and Community Centre project for LB Hammersmith & Fulham is now complete. The new centre is a flexible space for the community and will facilitate art exhibitions and community events with an ancillary café and children’s day nursery.

A member of the residents delivery group for the centre describes it as: “A meeting place, a hub of activity across languages, cultures and economic background, a venue for creative expression, a flexible space which encourages the community to be flexible in its use. Perhaps most importantly, it will be what the broader Sands End community want it to be; today and for decades to come.”

Chimes, our later living project in Westminster for retirement specialists Pegasus Life, has now completed. The landmark retirement home opposite Channel 4’s HQ provides 36 assisted living flats on six floors together with a communal kitchen, storage areas, wellness centre/spa, guest accommodation, and apartments for staff.

“This project marks an important moment for all those who share the ambition to create a long-term change in how people see retirement living. This will be a place to enjoy life and to ensure that not a second of that life is wasted.” (Roger Black, Pegasus Life)