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6 Phonebox Magazine | July 2025Newport Pagnell architect wins top awardSpecialist designer scoops Manufacturing & Construction title.A Newport Pagnell-based architect has won a prestigious women%u2019s awards category at a glittering awards night in Milton Keynes.Lucy Kuhar, of the town%u2019s Lumin Architects, has been named among the %u2018Women Leaders UK Award 2025%u2019, taking the Manufacturing & Construction category.Originally from Slovenia, Lucy now leads a growing practice focused on designing sustainable, human-centred homes for modern families across Milton Keynes, Harpenden and London. Her current projects, many in the design and planning stages, explore low-impact materials, longevity, and emotional connection to space. Alongside private homes and developers%u2019 housing, she is developing modular housing concepts that address loneliness, social connection and climate resilience.%u201cFor me, architecture has always been about people,%u201d says Lucy. %u201cHow they live, how they feel, and how a home can support the life unfolding within it. This award is a recognition of that approach, and of the thoughtful, slow-grown business I%u2019ve continued to build during the earliest months of motherhood.%u201dThis year%u2019s landmark %u2018Women Leaders%u2019 event embraced the theme %u2018Smashing Stereotypes%u2019, honouring women who are challenging convention and making a diff erence across Milton Keynes, and took place at Stadium MK football ground.MAYA RESTAURANT OLNEY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MK46 5DXP: 01234 713 170 W: MAYA-OLNEY.CO.UKAUTHENTIC INDIAN CUISINE AT ITS FINESTVISIT OUR NEWLY REFURBISHED RESTAURANT - FULLY AIR CONDITIONEDBANQUET NIGHTS - WEDNESDAYS & SUNDAYS(DINE IN ONLY) %u00a314.90 STARTER, MAIN, SIDE AND RICE20% OFF ON TAKEWAY COLLECTION**Please see the website or takeaway menu for T&Cs.THURSDAY%u2019S IN JULY PROMOTION20% off your food bill if you reserve a table with us on a Thursday in July. Please mention this promotion at the time of booking.