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The 18 category winners of the 2026 AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards have been revealed! With thanks to sponsors Schlüter-Systems UK and Harley Haddow.
architectsjournal.co.uk
Winners revealed for the 2026 AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards
Winners revealed for the 2026 AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards
![John was born in Hackney, London, and educated in New York City, later studying drama at the Anna Scher Theatre School.[1]
His mother is Jessie Stevens MBE SLPM (born 1927),[6] who moved with her then husband from St. Lucia to Britain in 1955. She is the first black woman to have worked at Companies House. Part of the Windrush Generation, she is a well-known figure in the St Lucian community and she received a MBE from Queen Elizabeth in 1982, after having worked in the Haringey Police Liaison Group, which helped facilitate relations between the police and the community.[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ykpefv6i46zm3hbqiipkrdv6/bafkreihxruqa5gnknhih6bcuelvufx3h6fywij5phqyiknmpri6xeoo2em)
