Opportunities Hub: Competitions worth the work8 May 2025IntelligenceLatest: Renewables design contestLatest: Renewables design contestRegion: United KingdomMore: Architecture competitionsOpportunitiesContractsJulie ButterworthProcurement and contractsFrameworks
Community-led housing can be a game-changer5 September 2018IntelligenceArchitects can be the facilitators of this growing sectorArchitects can be the facilitators of this growing sectorRegion: United KingdomMore: CommunityCommunity housingCommunity buildingCommunity involvementSustainabilityAffordable housingHousing shortage
Opportunities in custom building5 April 2017IntelligenceA potentially huge new market for architectsA potentially huge new market for architectsRegion: United KingdomMore: CohousingBaleHaus Custom HomesCommunity buildingPrefabricationLilac (Low Impact Living Affordable Community)The Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding ActDevelopmentCustom buildFairgrove HomesBuildstoreKeepmoatPottonIgloo RegenerationHAB HousingAffordable housingSustainable BritainHomemade @ Heartlands
MacEwen Award 2025 Longlist: 30 projects epitomising architecture for the common good10 December 2024BuildingsThirty projects that engage with inclusion, sustainability, communities and healthThirty projects that engage with inclusion, sustainability, communities and healthRegion: United KingdomMore: Sustainable architectureArchitecture for the common goodInclusive architectureAccessibilityCommunityPlaces planning communityMacEwen Award
MacEwen Award 2024 longlist: 32 exemplars of architecture for the common good12 December 2023BuildingsThe longlisted schemes range from urban renewal and social enterprise to education and affordable housingThe longlisted schemes range from urban renewal and social enterprise to education and affordable housingRegion: United KingdomMore: Places planning & communitySustainable architectureInclusive environmentsConservation and heritageArchitecture for the common goodMacEwen AwardMacEwen Award 2024
MacEwen longlist: The Lantern Community Craft Workshops21 December 2015BuildingsA warm community home to learn inA warm community home to learn inRegion: United KingdomMore: CommunityWhere people liveDisabilityLearningLantern CommunityHampshireRingwood
Living in the future12 November 2015IntelligenceHow will we live tomorrow?How will we live tomorrow?Region: United KingdomMore: HousingWay of lifeCommunal livingCommutingHome workingGeneration YAdam UrbanismWhere people liveMillennials
Care for the community22 November 2016IntelligenceJo Cowen on how her practice engages with community architectureJo Cowen on how her practice engages with community architectureRegion: United KingdomMore: Jo Cowen ArchitectsHammersmith & FulhamCommunity involvementCommunity centreEducation
There goes the neighbourhood6 April 2017IntelligenceWhy it’s vital to engage with communitiesWhy it’s vital to engage with communitiesRegion: Rest of the worldMore: New YorkRailwaysCommunityPlacemakingParksHigh LineIndustryInfrastructureGentrificationDesigning & building itCity contextCommunity consultation
How to make co-living serve people before profit23 March 2020CulturePeter Lewis’ essay on co-living. second in RIBAJ/Future Architects competitionPeter Lewis’ essay on co-living. second in RIBAJ/Future Architects competitionRegion: United KingdomMore: Housing crisisCo-livingUniversity of LiverpoolSheppard RobsonDesign construction & technologyPlaces planning & communityFuture architect writers
Different kind of living17 September 2015IntelligenceThe inside gen on cohousingThe inside gen on cohousingRegion: United KingdomMore: Where people liveDesigning & building itCommunityPoliticsCohousingFamilies
This is how to live4 April 2017BuildingsCohousing scheme that's an exemplar of city livingCohousing scheme that's an exemplar of city livingRegion: United KingdomMore: Housing for WomenPollard Thomas EdwardsRUSSBedZedOlder Women’s Co-HousingY-CubeHigh BarnetHanover Housing AssociationTudor TrustHousingHomes for the elderlyThe Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding ActSelf-build