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Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2021

Disclaimer: The Pineapples 2021 submissions closed in May 2021 and presentations took place in July 2021. The details provided for each project may have changed since.

Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2021

Centre of Gravity Soapworks, Bristol - First Base

A month-long exhibition in the Soapworks building with local art collective Centre of Gravity provided a showcase for 60 artists and was curated as a mix of inspiring contemporary art, film talks and performance.

Activation Winner 2021

Connecting Leeds Covid Response, Leeds - Leeds City Council with Commonplace

The greatest success of this project has been the ability to adapt, change, and respond to the dynamic needs of the community during a time of immense national and international uncertainty. Connecting Leeds is ambitious, a long-term transport strategy, but with an ability to scale and adapt that makes it dynamic and responsive to change

Sustainable Transport Winner 2021

2021 Sustainable Transport Winner

Lyon Confluence, Lyon - Bouygues Immobilier, Linkcity with David Chipperfield Architects

This mixed-use quarter contains a range of housing tenures, offices and a health centre, and within each block, the buildings are grouped to define garden courtyards. Transparent and permeable ground-floors give access to the gardens from the street and help to animate the surrounding public spaces

Shortlisted for International Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 International Future Place Winner

Love Wolverton, Wolverton - TOWN

The Agora Centre, a 1970s shopping and leisure centre, will be replaced by a grid of residential streets with 115 homes, 8 new shop units and a community space. A community energy services company, Wolverton Community Energy, will run the on-site microgrid

Winner of Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Future Place Winner

Granton Waterfront, Edinburgh - City of Edinburgh Council with Collective Architecture

The proposal for Granton Waterfront includes 3,000 new homes, a new school, cultural facilities and a new 10-hectare flood-resilient coastal park that reconnecxts the waterfront with the city and existing communities

Winner of Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Future Place Winner

Climate Innovation District, Leeds - Citu Group Developments Ltd

This district consists of family homes, apartments, The Place - a large zero carbon office building and centre for excellence in tackling climate change, retail spaces, a primary school, a care home and a community centre. It spans both banks of the River Aire and is designed to reduce carbon emissions at every stage

Winner of Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Place in Progress Winner

Soapworks, Bristol - First Base

The consultation for Soapworks used the bespoke app Give-My-View, an engagement tool developed by First Base with Built-ID, with consultation meetings, newsletters, telephone and posted information to receive almost 6,000 responses to their proposals.

Winner of Community Engagement - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Community Engagement Winner

Cheney Row Park, Waltham Forest - London Borough of Waltham Forest with We Made That

This public space has been transformed from a former landfill site to a new space with woodland area of 467 new trees planted in the park, a BMX track and a bespoke and proprietary play kit used by children of all ages. This reinvention of the space has added to the play and enjoyment of the community.

Winner of Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Public Space Winner

Television Centre, White City - Stanhope, Mitsui Fudosan, AIMCo, BBC Studioworks with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Since opening in 2018, Television Centre has opened to the public while continuing to be a place of work, with the BBC still making programmes within the refurbished studios. The development’s external spaces have become the backdrop for some of the nation’s most-watched and loved television shows, including Strictly Come Dancing and Top Gear. Shows are now undertaken in the open-air, overlooked by residential apartments and watched by the general public.

Winner of Place of the Year - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Place of the Year Winner

Copeland Park, Peckham - Copeland Park & Bussey Building

Offers a wide variety of mixed usage spaces for creative and cultural events including a gallery, a warehouse and rooftops. Acting as Peckham’s cultural quarter, it provides countless events, supportive network for the creative industries of Southwark and South London, whilst also offering a diverse community of artists, small business incubations, and fitness ventures.

Winner of Creative Reuse - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Creative Reuse Winner

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