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Lion Green Road is featured in ‘Social Housing: Definitions & Design Exemplars' (Second Edition)
The new RIBA book, authored by Karakusevic Carson Architects showcases a new generation of social housing projects from around the UK and Europe. The book explores alternative routes to designing and delivering affordable housing through the lens of urban mending, resilient typologies, building re-use, retrofit and material innovation.
Winner: RIBA London Award
Lion Green Road has won an RIBA London Award. The scheme consists of 157 homes set within a verdant public landscape of ludic conditions.
Talk: Design by thinking of the margins of practice. Tolhuistuin,Amsterdam/06.05.26/7:30pm.
‘Design by thinking of…’ is an initiative of Office Winhov. Editorial board: Ard de Vries Architects, Bergplaats and Office Winhov. From 2026 made possible in part by the Abe Bonnema Foundation and the Creative Industries Fund. The lectures are held five times a year at Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. 
A+U 2026:03 Living in London
Guest editors Andrew Clancey & Marwa el Mubark capture work by 23 architects living and working in London. Mary Duggan Architects scheme in London Borough of Croydon is featured.
Dual Cities: Social Housing in London & New York
157 unit scheme Lion Green Road is featured in Dual Cities: Social Housing in London & New York edited by Paul Karakusevic & Mike Althorpe. Published: July 1, 2025 by RIBA Publishing. VIEW PROJECT.
MAM 24: O que é um espaço de liberdade?
Mary Duggan exhibits in the 5th edition of MAM - a dialogue on the concept of freedom through the interpretations of 50 people who sought to answer the question "What is a space of freedom?" Curated by Ana Resende & Nuno Melo Sousa. OPEN PROGRAMME.
RIBA Shortlist: 07.03.26
Lion Green Road has been shortlisted for an RIBA Regional Award. VIEW PROJECT.
Publication: CASABELLA
A studio for a composer has been published in Casabella 951. 'An ineffable space' by Francesca Serrazanetti. VIEW PROJECT.
A+ Lecture, Belgium
Mary Duggan will be speaking at The Centre of Fines Arts, Brussels on 19 November 23. VIEW PROJECT.
Publication: NLA
Lion Green Road has been featured in HOUSING LONDONERS: INNOVATION IN DELIVERY AND DESIGN by New London Architecture NLA. VIEW PROJECT.
OPEN 23
Mary Duggan will be speaking at OPEN23 at Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark. The annual symposium continues the critical and investigative approach to Architecture, encouraging the important dialogue between Practice, Business and Academia. OPEN PROGRAMME.
DOMa 08 Publication
‘For the love of materials. A pavilion made of gypsum, then stone & wood’ has been published in DOMa 08 along with an essay by Mary Duggan. VIEW PROJECT.
The Guardian, Architecture.
Architecture Critic, Rowan Moore comments on Lion Green Road. 'Michael Gove thinks beautiful buildings must look traditional. Here’s why he’s wrong…'
The Garden Museum: Talk 4th May 2023.
Inspired by the work of writer, urban theorist, and activist Jane Jacobs, a panel discussion chaired by Evan Davis will present ideas for a brighter, greener, and better future for London. Speakers include architect Alex Arestis on the development of an urban arboretum; academic Dr Morag Rose on walking together to shape the planet; Oli Mould on the futures of golf courses and community gardens; writer George Hudson on why utilities are the problem; architect Mary Duggan on architectural procurement; @fungi.futures founder Maymana Arefin on mycelium networks and their liberatory futures; and founding director of Create Streets Nicholas Boys Smith on what Jane Jacobs got right about happy and prosperous neighbourhoods.
Completion.
Lion Green Road, a landscape-led scheme located in London Borough of Croydon delivering 157 homes is now complete. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri. VIEW PROJECT.
Talk: Temple Bar Trust.
Mary Duggan will be talking at Temple Bar London on 24th October.
RIBA Journal March '23: Review by Chris Foges.
'Landscape rather than streets informed Mary Duggan’s dense but leafy Red Clover Gardens housing in south London.' VIEW ARTICLE.
Visible Invisible
The catalogue of Visible Invisible, the Versailles Bienniale of Architecture and Landscape 2022 has been published. VIEW PROJECT.
OASE#106
Mary Duggan has contributed to OASE #106 Table Settings. Reflections on architecture with Hannah Arendt. The essay entitled ‘Oscillating Thoughts’ reflects on the practice of architecture through Arendt’s perspective. Made by Hans Teerds, Christoph Grafe, Catherine Koekoek (editors). GO TO JOURNAL.
Versailles Biennale 2022 Opening.
For the love of materials, a pavilion made of gypsum, then stone and wood is completed. The projects is one of a sequence of exhibits within the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles - ENSA-V. VIEW PROJECT.
Talk: Temple Bar Trust.
Mary Duggan will be talking at Temple Bar London on 24th October.
Talk: For the love of materials.
Mary Duggan & Steve Webb, Versailles Biennale 14.05.22
Talk: For the love of materials.
Mary Duggan & Steve Webb will be talking about 'For the love of materials' at the Versailles Biennale 14.05.22. VIEW PROJECT.
Fritz Schumacher Lecture Series.
Mary Duggan will be talking with Bernd Schmutz on 29.06.22 @ 7pm joining the Fritz Schumacher Lectures Series in Hamburg.
Versailles Biennale 2022 Opening.
For the love of materials, a pavilion made of gypsum, then stone and wood is completed. The projects is one of a sequence of exhibits within the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles - ENSA-V. VIEW PROJECT.
Fritz-Schumacher-Gesellschaft Lecture: 22.06.22
Mary Duggan spoke alongside Bernd Schmutz Architects on the theme of 'The Demands of the Time' as a contribution to Hamburg's Architectural and Urban Discourse.
Winner: A Pavilion for Lambeth Green, The Garden Museum.
Mary Duggan Architect has won an open competition to design a new entrance threshold and new horticultural facilities for The Garden Museum. VIEW PROJECT.
New Architects 4.
Mary Duggan Architects is featured alongside many other fabulous architects in the AF publication 'Architects 4'. Editor/Pamela Buxton, Design Studio/Mathias Clottu/ Introduction Ellis Woodman.
London Festival of Architecture: A Musical Installation by Benjamin Tassie entitled Accrete.
As part of his residency with Mary Duggan Architects, composer Benjamin Tassie has created a new musical work translating the history and topography of a 13th Century church site in the City of London into music for a Medieval instrument, the rebec, and voices. VIEW PROJECT.
Scaffold Podcast
Episode 24: Mary Duggan.Scaffold is an Architecture Foundation production, hosted by Matthew Blunderfield. GO TO PODCAST.
A studio for a composer.
The studio for a composer in Peckham, SE London is now complete. VIEW PROJECT.
Lecture: Arkitektenes Hus, Oslo.
A studio for a composer & other stories 2nd December 2021 @ 6pm Arkitektenes Hus, Oslo.
Versailles Biennale 2022.
Mary Duggan has been invited to construct a response to the theme of the Versailles Biennale. 'L'invention de nouveaux terroirs en architecture par une approache des matièrelle et l'énergétique des millieux.'The exhibition is curated by Nicolas Dorval-Bory & Guilliaume Ramillien.
London Festival of Architecture: A Musical Installation by Benjamin Tassie entitled Accrete.
As part of his residency with Mary Duggan Architects, composer Benjamin Tassie has created a new musical work translating the history and topography of a 13th Century church site in the City of London into music for a Medieval instrument, the rebec, and voices. VIEW PROJECT.
Scaffold Podcast
Episode 24: Mary Duggan.Scaffold is an Architecture Foundation production, hosted by Matthew Blunderfield. GO TO PODCAST.
Versailles Biennale 2022.
Mary Duggan has been invited to construct a response to the theme of the Versailles Biennale. 'L'invention de nouveaux terroirs en architecture par une approache des matièrelle et l'énergétique des millieux.'The exhibition is curated by Nicolas Dorval-Bory & Guilliaume Ramillien.
Planning Permission Granted.
Old Street has received planning permission. The scheme will commence on site imminently. VIEW PROJECT.
Completion of The Old Rectory.
Lorenzo Zandri is currently recording the completion of The Old Rectory. VIEW PROJECT.
Residency: Nigel Peake.
Nigel Peake's residency at Mary Duggan has concluded with a short publication. GO TO RESIDENCY.
Porto Academy Summer school.
Mary Duggan will be Workshop Leader at Porto Academy Summer School 2021.
Exhibition: Architects by Ivan Jones & Ruth Lang
ARCHITECTS is an evolving collaborative project by photographer Ivan Jones & architect / educator Ruth Lang. It is a photographic portrait series which seeks to reveal the often unacknowledged faces of contemporary architectural practice.
Architecture on Stage / Barbican
Mary Duggan will be contributing to The Architecture Foundation lecture Series in parnership with the Barbican Centre on 18th April 2019.
Intergenerational Dialogues.
Mary Duggan will be joining Kate Mackintosh in a RIBA talk series focusing on established architects and their contemporary counterparts practicing today.
Victoria & Albert Exhibtion: A Home for All
Lion Green Road has been included in an exhibtion entitled 'Six Experiments in Social Housing'. The exhibtiion will run until 30 June 2019.
Residency: Nigel Peake.
Nigel Peake's residency at Mary Duggan has concluded with a short publication. GO TO RESIDENCY.
Porto Academy Summer school.
Mary Duggan will be Workshop Leader at Porto Academy Summer School 2021.
Guardian Weekend: Turned out Nice, by Nell Card.
Seven architects including Norman Foster and Kate Macintosh reflect on their first built projects.
Exhibition: Mirabilia.
We are participating in MIRABILIA – Interpretations of Italo Cavino’s Invisible Cities.
Project Completion: Old Rectory
The refurbishment of a Grade 2* listed building in the city has reached completion.
Exhibition: Mirabilia.
Exhibition Design Complete.
Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing at Barbican Centre is now open and is running until 30 June 2018.
Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing at Barbican Centre
Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing at Barbican Centre is now open and is running until 30 June 2018.
ICON Profile: Mary Duggan.
Building from Scratch, by Tim Abrahams.