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Highgate Newtown Community Centre wins Civic Trust Award

Awards

Highlights

RCKa named Architect of the Year at the AJ Architecture Awards

“If you’re looking for design that humanises, here it is”—HNCC in The Observer

Deputy Mayor launches RCKa’s modular prototype home at City Hall

Research

RCKa recently set out new guidance for Ealing Council, highlighting ways in which MMC can be used to deliver high-quality affordable homes and temporary accommodation on small sites across the borough.

Building on our previous research – which investigated the quantity size, and ownership of the city’s golf courses – we’ve now taken a look at how these spaces might be used to better serve a larger proportion of Londoners.

RCKa conducted a detailed analysis of Lewisham’s wards, creating design guides for small sites that offer technical guidance and strategies for identifying development land, optimising design within constraints, addressing climate issues, and respecting heritage and conservation.

RCKa’s guide to unlocking small residential development sites summarises relevant planning policies and showcases case studies demonstrating their assistance to public and private clients in creating attractive housing on challenging urban and suburban sites.

Highgate Newtown Community Centre wins Civic Trust Award

RCKa named Architect of the Year at the AJ Architecture Awards

PropTech Innovation Challenge

Team Site Visit to West Malling

RCKa to Lead Street Life Strategy at Camley Street

Housing Design Awards Success

Deputy Mayor launches RCKa’s modular prototype home at City Hall

Planning Consent granted for Bristol affordable homes

Sutton College Submitted for Planning

RCKa Shortlisted for Two Housing Design Awards

“If you’re looking for design that humanises, here it is”—HNCC in The Observer

Chigwell Planning Approval

New Towns Taskforce: Design Council Round Table

West Malling Wins 2024 Housing Design Award

RCKa Wins Place on Hertfordshire Masterplanning Framework

Staples Corner Design Code featured in Government’s Design Code Library

RCKa Appointed by Bristol Council to Filwood Broadway Regeneration

Social Rent Housing at Pace: The MMC Playbook

RCKa and 5th Studio appointed to Staples Corner Masterplan

RCKa appointed to three lots on Mayor of London’s Architecture & Urbanism framework

RCKa wins place on nationwide airspace framework

RCKa submits designs for Birmingham Smithfield Wellbeing Hub

RCKa Appointed to Notting Hill Genesis Framework

RCKa and Hawkins\Brown win international design competition for 2,000 home science park extension

RCKa secures planning for new campus addition for leading neuro-disability charity, The Children’s Trust

RCKa appointed to LHC Multi-Disciplinary Framework

RCKa appointed to Lendlease Smithfield Birmingham masterplan

Planning permission granted for new hostel for homeless families

RCKa lands housing project via public vote

Project list

Project Category Year
Finchley Lakeside Housing Current
Small Sites AI Policy and Research Current
Locomotopia Policy and Research Current
New Homes in New Ways Policy and Research Current
Chandos Way and Britten Close Housing Current
Chigwell Retirement Village Masterplanning Current
Begbroke Science Park Masterplanning Current
Scylla Road Housing Current
High Road Leyton Housing Current
Deptford Broadway Housing Current
Common Home Housing Current
Camden Road Hostel Housing Current
The Wyldewoods Housing Current
Ealing Small Sites Strategy Policy and Research Completed
Coppetts Road Housing Completed
Padnall Hall Public Buildings Completed
Highgate Newtown Community Centre Public Buildings Completed
Sutton College Public Buildings 2025
Beta Boroughs Policy and Research 2025
Building Hope: A Crisis Response to Homelessness Policy and Research 2025
Crowlands Heath Golf Course Masterplanning 2024
Symister Mews Housing 2024
Filwood Broadway Housing 2024
Park Road, Edmonton Housing 2024
Tropicana Public Buildings 2024
The Willowbury Housing 2024
Birmingham Smithfield Masterplanning 2023
Holes to Homes Policy and Research 2023
Staples Corner Masterplanning 2023
Broadfields Housing 2022
The Children’s Trust Public Buildings 2022
Ebbsfleet Cultural Colocation Strategy Masterplanning 2022
Bridgewater Masterplanning 2021
Lewisham Small Sites SPD Policy and Research 2021
Nourish Hub Public Buildings 2021
L&Q Asset Appraisal Policy and Research 2021
Ryde Business Park Masterplanning 2020
Clitterhouse Farm Public Buildings 2019
Foundry Mews, Waltham Forest Housing 2018
Arklow Road Housing 2018
The Granville Public Buildings 2018
Hortsley, Seaford Housing 2018
23a Leyton Road Housing 2018
Enfield Business Centre Public Buildings 2014
Enfield Business Centre Public Buildings 2014
TNG Youth & Community Centre Public Buildings 2014
De La Rue Technology Centre Public Buildings 2013
Open Eye Gallery Public Buildings 2011