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AJ Architect of the Year 2025
Winner of 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024 & 2025 Housing Design Awards
Social Value Architect of the Year 2020 & 2022

RCKa is a people-focused practice of architects, designers and policy makers. Our mission is to enhance the lives of 250,000 people by 2030.

Happier and healthier homes designed with care to increase wellbeing for all.

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Inspiring sustainable environments that encourage connection and active lifestyles.

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Stronger communities through inclusive design of spaces that respond to local need.

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TNG Youth and Community Centre ten years on.

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We're dedicated to enhancing lives, nurturing connections, and strengthening communities through socially responsive architecture.

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Our core values seek to enhance the lives of individuals and permeate everything we do.

Culture & Careers

"All in all, RCKa now occupies a distinct and impressive role in British architecture. It combines high-quality architectural design with business-model thinking underpinned by a profound dedication to creating social value."

Architects' Journal, November 2025

"The whole is greater than the parts. It feels like something carved out of a block, even though it’s made of the thin, brittle sheets of material standard in contemporary construction. Sunlight, despite the development’s density, finds its way deep into these spaces, and the blocks frame generous chunks of sky. This is not accidental, but the result of plotting the path of the sun and shadows in the process of design."

Rowan Moore - Architecture Critic, The Observer

"There has always been a real community feel here and the children in the new flats have made friends with the children already living here. They play together in the playground and sometimes do gardening together. The new landscaping has brought butterflies into the garden, which the children love to see and along with the gardening, they’re taking pride in the space and becoming interested in nature. Along with the budding friendships among the children, it’s been nice to hear from people who have been stuck in temporary accommodation and are enjoying the security of having their own space and somewhere permanent to live, particularly the mums."

Resident - Broadfields Estate, Barnet

"This project was an excellent example of how much can be done to maximise the potential of a small site. While it was not an easy journey, the panel felt that the architects worked brilliantly to respond to the constraints and as the brief evolved to really listen to the needs of the community by involving them in the process."

Manijeh Verghese on HNCC - Camden Design Awards

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