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The Merton Priory Chapter house project will start on site in November 2017. Works will continue until April 2018.  The work involves rebuilding the glass wall at the south of the enclosure, and improving internal facilities so that the education and heritage centre can be opened for the public. Further information about the project can be found here.

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Shanice Michaels and Jemma Kightley joined Marcus Beale Architects on a two week work experience programme. The students are currently working on physical models for a residential project in Croydon. They have engaged in internal design meetings and will be attending site visits of current projects.

MBA is proud to support the local community by offering students an insight into architectural practice.

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Ideas generated by the futureWimbledon competition are showcased at the New London Architecture galleries October 13 to Friday November 7 2014.

Three MBA-drafted boards are on display (hire-a-pen).’The Greens’ for WEHRA won the Community prize, and the Concert Hall proposal was highly commended.

MBA’s proposal for Wimbledon Civic Forum: More! was shortlisted among 29 luminaries of the UK architecture scene.

You can review the competition and download the MBA boards on the Future Wimbledon project page.

The Wimbledon Short Film Festival is being sponsored by MBA. This year the best experimental film, at the Polka Theatre 7pm 18 June 2011.

MBA are delighted to be main sponsors for the Wimbledon Bookfest 2008 – which will include a lecture by Leo Hollis, author of The Phoenix, a book about the reconstruction of London after the Great Fire, at the Antoinette Hotel SW19 1SD on 8 October 2008 at 7.30 pm. Other highlights of the festival include; Toby Young hot from Cannes with How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, novelist Maggie O’Farrell, TV gardener Joe Swift and James Fenton with the Florestan trio. Bookfest patron Penny Vincenzi will be returning to Cannizaro House Hotel for a Girls’ Night out with fellow authors, Jenny Colgan and Christina Odone and there’s a Bond themed Gala dinner at Wimbledon Park Golf Club with Ian Fleming’s niece Kate Grimmond attending as guest speaker.See Wimbledon bookfest website for more.