Culture and community

Archio expands Becontree with another new style of home

Two villas of mostly one-bed flats update the famous post-war estate

MacEwen Award 2023 opens for entries

Send in your nominated schemes which work for the common good

Mae Architects’ stylish and homely Morden College bucks elderly social care norms

Lively and sociable complex for over-65s rethinks tradition

Stonewood learns on the job at The Newt, Roman-style

Project to reconstruct a ruined villa involved educational trips to Pompeii

Freehaus helps Africa take root in Southwark

Freehaus’s new premises immerse visitors in the African atmosphere

Climate-responsible design underpins Stirling Prize 2022 shortlist announcement

Six contenders revealed plus shortlist for Stephen Lawrence Prize and Neave Brown Award

Quarry Studios, Aberdeenshire

Moxon Architects for Moxon Architects

Chipperfield’s subtle interventions revive Procuratie Vecchie in Venice

Invisible workings open and improve ancient Piazza San Marco building

The Burrell Collection renovation: For better or worse?

Kieran Gaffney considers John McAslan’s ‘significant changes’

Grange Pavilion, Cardiff

Benham Architects and IBI Group for Grange Pavillion CIO

Magdalene College Library, Cambridge

Niall McLaughlin Architects for Magdalene College

Ely Museum, Cambridgeshire

HAT Projects for Ely Museum

198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Brixton

CarverHaggard for 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning

Lambeth Palace Library

Wright & Wright Architects for Church Commissioners for England

Sands End Arts & Community Centre, Fulham

Mæ Architects for Hammersmith & Fulham Council

Stanbridge Mill Library, Dorset

Crawshaw Architects for private client

Treadgolds, Portsmouth

Pritchard Architecture for John Pounds Community Trust

Áras Uí Chonghaile/James Connolly Visitor Centre, Belfast

McGurk Architects for Fáilte Feirste Thiar

Ada Belfield Centre and Belper Library, Belper, Derbyshire

Glancy Nicholls Architects for Derbyshire County Council

The Undercroft Learning Centre, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester

Acanthus Clews Architects for Dean & Chapter Of Worcester Cathedral

Special Exhibitions Gallery, Manchester

Carmody Groarke for the Museum of Science and Industry

Newcastle Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne

FaulknerBrowns Architects for Newcastle City Council

The largely glazed facade is open and welcoming.

MacEwen Award winner: Nourish Hub’s communal effort is recipe for success

RCKa joined a collaboration to tackle multiple needs

Access, support and social benefit shine in MacEwen Award entries

Architects demonstrate will to give access and support to all

MacEwen-commended church broadens community reach

MacEwen Award commends church adapted by Studio B.A.D. to modern needs

An exercise bench on Claridge Way multi-tasks as seating and playspace.

A Common Plan to help people walk, rest and play

MacEwen Award commends Jan Kattein Architects’ revitalisation of a Thamesmead walkway

Black Country’s shiny new route to work commended in MacEwen Award

Cullinan Studio's technical institute will train and place locals in careers

Bristol youth centre gives its users authorship of the space

Askew Cavanna Architects' redesign of a community centre for black-led charity Full Circle@Docklands

Bristol modular housing factory offers jobs and training

Alex Dutton / SNUG Homes' Lockleaze factory is in one of the city's most deprived neighbourhoods

Pop-up creative hub provides meanwhile use for Enfield shopping centre

Dallas-Pierce-Quintero's Culture Palace demonstrates the importance of arts in the recovery of the high street

AHMM bereavement centre provides support in sensitive environment

AHMM's Alder Centre provides support for bereaved individuals after the death of a child

Large double-height spaces have been repurposed into spacious child-friendly rooms with visual interest.

Derelict Liverpool library remodelled for childcare charity

OMI Architects has transformed a dilapidated library into a multipurpose scheme for a childcare charity

Colours, fixtures, fittings, tactile surfaces and braille signage offer an accessible experience delivered through high-quality workmanship.

Clifftop sustainable community hub provides educational space

Cave Cooperative's Bale House provides a sustainable educational space at Hastings nature reserve

An exercise bench on Claridge Way multi-tasks as seating and playspace.

Micro-interventions improve vital route along Thamesmead

Jan Kattein Architects collaborated with residents and schools on public realm improvements

The hand-painted ceiling mural extends over the teaching kitchen at one end of the dining room.

Hammersmith café tackles food waste, hunger and social isolation

RCKa's Nourish Hub combines a café with courses on catering and healthy eating

The building faces towards the quieter access road to Dudley Zoo, allowing it to be almost entirely naturally ventilated

Cullinan's institute of technology aims to bring jobs to Black Country

Black Country and Marches Institute of Technology brings together education and work skills