Award recognises achievement in affordable housing design
Four projects have been shortlisted for RIBA’s 2026 Neave Brown Award, which recognises the UK’s best new affordable housing schemes.
Shortlisted projects include Mary Duggan Architects’ Lion Green Road, a 157-home scheme of five blocks in Croydon which is also in the running for this year’s Stirling Prize.
Satish Jassal’s Rowan Court, a transformation of a disused 1970s estate into 46 social rent homes in Seven Sisters, north London, has also made the list.
Morris + Company and White Ink’s Canada Water Plot K1, a 79-home scheme within British Land’s Canada Water masterplan, is also shortlisted alongside jmarchitects’ St Andrew’s Drive phases two and three, a development of 120 homes in Glasgow.
The award, which is named in honour of modernist architect and social housing pioneer Neave Brown, was overseen by a jury chaired by Witherford Watson Mann associate director Helen Lee. The jury also included AHMM’s Paul Monaghan and Brown’s granddaughter Tabitha Oakley-Brown.
Lee said this year’s shortlist ”demonstrates the skill and care that architects bring to the Prime Minister’s aim of increasing the supply of great affordable housing”.
“From urban regeneration and landscape-led design to low-carbon living and community-focused development, each scheme shows the positive impact good design can have on everyday life,” Lee said.
RIBA president Chris Williamson added: “This year’s shortlisted projects demonstrate how high-quality affordable homes can meet both community needs and environmental ambitions. They also demonstrate the skill and care that architects bring to the Prime Minister’s aim of increasing the supply of great affordable housing.
“From urban regeneration and landscape-led design to low-carbon living and community-focused development, each scheme shows the positive impact good design can have on everyday life.”
The winner of the 2026 Neave Brown Award will be announced at RIBA’s Stirling Prize ceremony on Thursday 15 October 2026 at Old Billingsgate in London.
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