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‘Clever reimagining of how the church works in the community’

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: MacEwen Award; Religious building; Diocese of London; Denizen Works; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; Canals

Energy and entrepreneurialism deliver the goods

Region:: South

More:: MacEwen Award; Education; St John’s School; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; Clementine Blakemore Architects

Row flares over grim Olympic Park legacy report

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Olympic Park; LLDC; London Assembly; Simon Aldous; Robert Jenrick; Right to Regenerate; Materials; Grenfell Tower Inquiry; Salaries; Business clients & services; Places planning & community; Conservation & heritage; Climate emergency; Embodied carbon

Winter garden is latest addition to community initiative

Region:: North West

More:: MacEwen Award; Renovation; Granby 4 Streets; Assemble; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; Design construction & technology

Plant reuses Tube’s heat to make local power

Region:: London

More:: MacEwen Award; Climate emergency; Islington Council; Cullinan Studio; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; Toby Paterson

Community centre born out of Treadgolds’ rich remaining works

Region:: South East

More:: MacEwen Award; Renovation; John Pounds Community Trust; Pritchard Architecture; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose

Conservation and innovative design at restored cemetery

Region:: South

More:: MacEwen Award; Sport & leisure; Hugo Hardy Architect; Friends of St Peter’s Berkhamsted; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose

Former Thornton's factory regenerated as civic amenity

Region:: East Midlands

More:: MacEwen Award; Care home; Derbyshire County Council; Library; Glancy Nicholls Architects; Design construction & technology; Architecture for social purpose; Architecture for the common good

The benefits of Passivhaus design made affordable

Region:: Scotland

More:: MacEwen Award; Passivhoos House; Stewart & Shields; John Gilbert Architects; Design construction & technology; Architecture for social purpose; Architecture for the common good; Housing

Friendly ambience and domestic scale make children's hospice welcoming

Region:: East

More:: MacEwen Award; EACH; Hospice; East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices; Barefoot & Gilles; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose

Central drum extends views at retrofitted bird hide

Region:: North East

More:: Leisure; RSPB; Child Graddon Lewis; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; MacEwen Award: shortlist

Timely initiative to provide food education to schoolchildren

Region:: London

More:: Education; Chefs in Schools; LEAP; Design construction & technology; Architecture for the common good; Architecture for social purpose; Surman Weston; MacEwen Award: shortlist

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East London’s Genesis chapel floats out to find its flock

Small contributions add up to huge impact at St John’s music pavilion

News catch-up: Will London Olympics site prove a costly disaster?

Winter Garden keeps Granby4Streets scheme blooming

Bunhill 2 recycles energy in a lacy pink coat

Historic ironmonger comes back to life as community hub

Restored Rectory Lane Cemetery is place of ‘inspiration and reflection’

Ada Belfield Centre mixes library and care home in once-derelict sweet factory

Passivhoos brings sustainable homes to social renters in Scotland

Reassuringly familiar style helps The Nook to MacEwen shortlist

Saltholme Pools Hide gets the light and views twitchers need

Hackey School of Food teaches how to grow, cook and value food