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

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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Latest projects

Highgate Newtown Community Centre

Public Buildings

The Wyldewoods

Housing

Staples Corner

Masterplanning

Holes to Homes

Policy and Research

Projects Revisted

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.

Practice

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

Culture & Careers

"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

"They [RCKa] saw the value in the community organising we had done and were able to translate our years of engagement into a design that matched the needs of our community. They really listen, they really engage not just with the physical space but also with the people."

Paulette Singer – Founder Clitterhouse Farm

"An innovative urban development of 38 units of 1 & 2 bedrooms, utilising a challenging town centre site. RCKa had clearly gone to extraordinary lengths to research and develop a new concept of retirement housing encouraging wellbeing and inclusivity through design. A blue print for redefining the form of future urban retirement living."

Judges Citation – Sussex Heritage Award, Hortsley

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