approach changed and she was able to take a leasing role in planning north London which they intended to have community centres, nursery schools, medical facilities and parks. The new estates were built although the community ideals of the Architectural Association were lost in budgets. There was an uprising in Hungary in 1956 and MacEwan and her husband were disappointed by Britain's communist party reaction to their plight. They failed to report the facts of Russia's aggression. The MacEwans resigned in protest. MacEwen and Ann retired to Wootton Courtenay in the Exmoor National Park in 1968. She is known for her books "National Parks: Conservation or Cosmetics?" and "Greenprints for the Countryside?" which she wrote with her husband and supplied a focus for work on Britain's National Parks. Malcolm was cared for by Ann during a lengthy period of poor health during the 1990s, ending with his death in 1996. MacEwen died in a nursing home in 2008. References 1918 births 2008 deaths Architects from Surrey British women architects