AHMM put an all-female team led by a ”gender equality champion” on to the design of the so-called Women’s Building at its controversial redevelopment of the former Holloway women’s prison in north London.

The decision emerged as the practice submitted revised plans to Islington council for 980 homes, a community facility and a small park on the site.

The Peabody project came under attack from campaigners this summer who said the proposals did not sufficiently reflect the site’s heritage as home to the Europe’s largest women’s prison, and that a female-led practice should have been involved. Former inmates include Moors murderer Myra Hindley and Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK.

…