Day centre for retirees wins 2023 Stirling Prize

By Jim Dunton2023-10-19T21:05:00

Source: Jim Stephenson

South-east London scheme by Mae Architects is “place of joy and inspiration”, says jury chair Ellen van Loon

Mæ Architects’ John Morden Centre has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize, the highest accolade in UK architecture.

The day centre for residents of the Morden College retirement community in Blackheath, south-east London, sits alongside existing buildings in the grade-I listed college grounds. Among them are an almshouse and chapel attributed to Christopher Wren.

Mæ’s 911sq m structure is arranged as a series of red-brick pavilions that house care and social spaces including medical facilities, a hair and nail salon, an art room and a café. The centre – known as “JMC” – also has a theatre area for larger-scale events and performances.

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