Studiorogers Architects has taken the Affordable and Inclusive Housing Project of the Year award at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards 2026, earning recognition for a scheme that places long-term community wellbeing at the heart of every design decision.

Ross Street Mews presented the judges with a development that performs strongly across multiple dimensions simultaneously. The panel praised it as "a thoughtful and well resolved scheme that performs strongly across context, function, and long term liveability," a verdict that reflects the practice's ability to balance competing priorities without compromising on any one of them. In a category where ambition is often constrained by budget and brief, that balance is no small achievement.

The integration of Lifetime Homes principles and built-in accessibility gives the scheme a depth of social intent that goes well beyond minimum compliance. By designing for aging in place and protecting established social networks, Studiorogers Architects has created a development that supports residents not just at the point of occupation but across the full arc of their lives. The careful attention to unit mix, shared spaces, and the relationship between private and communal areas further reinforces that commitment. That long-term thinking is precisely what separates genuinely inclusive housing from schemes that meet the standard on paper alone.

The result is a development that fosters a strong sense of belonging, creating a stable and inclusive community rooted in its context and designed to endure. At a time when Ireland's housing sector faces sustained pressure to deliver at pace, Ross Street Mews is a reminder that speed and quality need not be in conflict when the design intent is clear from the outset and the people who will live there remain central to every decision.

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