Project showcase

Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2023

Wellington Place, Leeds – MEPC, Aberfield / Wellington Place with Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher, TP Bennett, Planit-IE

Wellington Place has been transformed from a low-grade retail park in Leeds to the largest office development in central Leeds in the last 20 years, creating over 1m sq ft of office and leisure space, including bars, restaurants, shops and other amenities. Thirty-four prominent companies call Wellington Place home, including HMRC, NHS Digital, Ward Hadaway, Willis Towers Watson, Equifax and the MOJ

Shortlisted for Place of the Year - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place of the Year

NOMA, Manchester – MEPC, Federated Hermes, Standard Practice, Planit-IE, Workman LLP, Deloitte Real Estate, Colliers International, JLL, LTL

Combining commercially driven developments with residential and leisure, the 20-acre NOMA masterplan has evolved out of the former Co-operative estate in Manchester. As well as developing the sustainable and smart-enabled office space in Manchester alongside high-quality inner city living, NOMA created New Century – a restored listed 60’s music hall and a celebrated addition to the city’s diverse cultural and entertainment scene

Shortlisted for Place of the Year - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place of the Year

Dean Clough, Halifax – Dean Clough Ltd with Mark Hide Associates

Dean Clough has undergone a 40-year transformation from one of the world’s largest carpet manufacturers to a 22-acre complex for commercial rent and cultural projects. Sixteen Grade II-listed Victorian mills have been carefully repurposed for contemporary demands and cultural interests, with 150 businesses employing around 4,000 people, plus amenity space and new public realm

Shortlisted for Place of the Year - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place of the Year

The Design District, Greenwich – Knight Dragon with SelgasCano, 6a Architects, Adam Khan Architects, Architecture 00, HNNA, Barozzi Veiga, David Kohn Architects and Mole Architects

Featuring 16 distinct buildings designed by eight different architects arranged to service a community of 1800 creatives, the amenities of the Design District include specialist workshops, meeting rooms, purpose-designed workspaces, alongside leisure and cultural venues, to help enrich the current and future creative community in South-East London

Shortlisted for Place of the Year - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place of the Year

Mayfield Park, Manchester – The Mayfield Partnership (U+I, Manchester City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester and LCR) with Studio Egret West

Part of Manchester’s largest regeneration scheme, Mayfield Park is the city’s first new public park in over 100 years. What was industrial land is now home to diverse range of 120 mature and semi-mature trees of 43 different species, 120,000 plants and shrubs, wildflower and public lawns, tranquil riverside walkways and the city’s largest play area

Shortlisted for Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Public Space

The Adelaide Street Project, Belfast – Belfast City Council and Department for Infrastructure (Collaborative Project) with OGU Architects and MMAS

Located in the Linen Quarter of Belfast, this masterplan has reactivated the street frontage of Adelaide Street by creating a new half-kilometre linear public park. A lane of vehicular traffic was removed and replaced with incidental play, planting and age-friendly accessible public space including various structures and arts installations

Shortlisted for Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Public Space

Claremont Park, Brent Cross Town, Barnet – Related Argent with HTA Design, Townshend Landscape Architects, Erect Architecture

Claremont Park is part of the wider Brent Cross Town development. A natural amphitheatre and stage, the Water Meadows play park, nature trails including 300 new trees and a new community-run ice-cream parlour bring new amenities and leisure space to the rejuvenated space

Shortlisted for Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Public Space

Camley Street Natural Park, Camden – London Wildlife Trust with Erect Architecture and HTA Design

In the middle of the King’s Cross regeneration area and on the bank of Regent’s canal, Camley Street Natural Park offers a wildlife oasis for those that work in the city. Improvements to pond access and paths, a floating viewpoint and a number of volunteering programmes and educational opportunities contribute to the London Wildlife Trust’s commitment to urban outdoor learning

Shortlisted for Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Public Space

Alfred Place Gardens, Camden – London Borough of Camden with LDA Design

Transformed from a rat-run into a gathering place, Alfred Place Gardens is an example of ‘grey to green’ conversion, created as part of Camden’s wider West End Project. The project has displaced cars in the previously heavily parked street with pedestrian-friendly space, a forest-inspired walkway, play spaces, lawns and an event space

Shortlisted for Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Public Space

Crusader Works, Manchester – Capital & Centric with shedkm

Originally built in the late 1840s, Crusader was one of the earliest and largest purpose-built textile machinery works in Manchester. Retrofitted for a residential community, the project aimed to preserve historical features where possible and minimise interventions to the existing fabric, restoring the courtyard enclosure and masonry façade

Shortlisted for Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Creative Retrofit

Bow Arts, Lakeside Centre, Bexley – Peabody with Bow Arts, Sails & Sons and Architecture 00

The Lakeside Centre saw initial success as a community hub in the late 1990s but quickly fell into disrepair and was closed by the early-2000s. This retrofit creates 40 artists studios, a nursery, cafe, community kitchen and gardens. Refurbishment of the iconic sports court The Cage alongside and other immediate spaces seek to upgrade health, wellbeing and the arts in Thamesmead

Shortlisted for Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Creative Retrofit

75 Wallis Road, Hackney Wick, Hackney – HTA Design LLP

After completing an initial refurbishment phase, HTA Design LLP has taken over a 19th Century heritage building as their new studio space in Hackney Wick. The project provides creative workspace for 200 people and has a focus on lightness throughout, to connect each space in the two-storey building across its 60m length

Shortlisted for Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Creative Retrofit

Fore Street Living Room Library, Enfield – London Borough of Enfield with Jan Kattein Architects

Funded by the Greater London Authority’s Good Growth Fund, the library and a disused garage yard have been transformed into a Living Room, affordable workspaces, public realm improvements and a school street. Elevated reading nooks and heavy curtains for privacy encourage a stronger relationship with reading. Increased opening hours and an events programme intend to bring local groups together

Winner of Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Creative Retrofit

The Dugdale Arts Centre, Enfield – London Borough of Enfield with Dallas-Pierce-Quintero

Born out of meanwhile activation spaces due to the pandemic and the Build-the-Change initiative, the retrofit for The Dugdale Arts Centre is designed to be adaptable and welcoming. Home to the Museum of Enfield, the Black Box theatre and a new cafe, the space is culturally valuable and inclusive, with work spaces and a number of clubs running activities

Shortlisted for Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Creative Retrofit

Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow – Kinning Park Complex SCIO with New Practice

This community-owned space services locals in various ways such as the drop-in cafe, events and learning opportunities - as well as conferences, sports classes, cultural events, and bustling community meals twice a week. Mobility and access have informed the new designs to champion inclusivity. “What-if” conversations and “baggy” spaces hope to ensure flexibility for the future as the community continues to evolve

Shortlisted for Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Creative Retrofit

Laurieston Living, Glasgow – Urban Union

A £140m revitalisation fund for 1,000 mixed tenure homes, flexible commercial space, community facilities, open space and recreation areas hopes to change perceptions of Glasgow’s Gorbals for good. A five-year arts strategy has been created by WAVE, 166 Gorbals events space and Linear Park support social enterprise and wellbeing alongside out-reach schemes through different partnerships in Laurieston Living’s masterplan

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place in Progress

Little Kelham - Kelham Central, Sheffield – Citu with Citu Design, Citu Manufacturing and Citu Delivery

The sustainable developments Little Kelham and Kelham Central offer long-leaseholds owned and controlled by the non-profit Community Interests Company (CIC). The CIC will also have a Utilities Cooperative to provide electricity, water, and data to offer better prices to residents than for-profit energy. The sustainable development has removed cars from its green network into an undercroft podium, to encourage the use of the tram and cycling into town

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place in Progress

Brent Cross Town, Barnet – Related Argent and London Borough of Barnet with Allies & Morrison and Makower Architects et al.

The £8 billion, 180-acre Brent Cross Town (BXT) development is one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe. In 2022, BXT delivered local amenities and social infrastructure first, including a visitor pavilion, a cluster of new shops and restaurants and Claremont Park. Initiatives such as ‘Project Play’ and ‘Flourishing index’ to measure wellbeing support a commitment to community

Winner of Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place in Progress

Stockport Exchange, Stockport – Muse and Stockport Council with Ryder Architecture

The Grand Central Leisure complex and surface car parking have been reimagined as a welcoming entrance from Stockport train station into the town centre. Stockport Exchange comprises public space and greenery, new highways and pedestrian routes, two high quality offices, a Holiday Inn Express and multi-story car park. With the latest phase introducing a 64,000 sq ft Grade A workspace

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place in Progress

Towards a better deal for Tottenham Hale, Haringey – London Borough of Haringey with Allies and Morrison, Adams and Sutherland, Kinnear Landscape Architects, Levitt Bernstein, Land Use Consultants

Since 2013 Haringey’s placemaking regeneration programme has been shaping a new Tottenham Hale, with over 3,200 new homes consented, over 2,500 on-site or completed, on target to reach 40% affordable housing, over half of which is affordable rent (including over 550 new Council homes). Major capital programmes include new streets, green space, walking and cycling infrastructure and better connections to the Lea Valley

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place in Progress

Hornsey Town Hall, Haringey – Far East Consortium with Make Architects

The 1930s Hornsey Town Hall hosted Queen’s first London gig in 1971. Throughout its history it has played an important social and cultural role in Hornsey as a civic space. This new development introduces 146 new apartments over three buildings, an integrated arts centre, a hotel and a space for gatherings and community engagement such as The Hornsey Sounds project

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Place in Progress

Low Line Commons, Southwark – Low Line Partners with PDP London, Macfarlane + Associates, Greengage Environmental & Studio 4215

Historically the 150-year old Victorian viaducts through Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey, which form the Low Line route, have been left underused at street level. The strategic masterplan celebrates the area’s diverse neighbourhood and renowned heritage while making a feature of this physical barrier between central and south London

Winner of Future Public Realm - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Future Public Realm

Water Meadow to People Meadow, Petersfield – Leo Cheung & Iris Wong

Previously used as a footpath to reach the Tesco supermarket, the Water Meadow has been given new life as an environmentally conscious and accessible public space with shelters and viewpoints. The design uses nature-based strategies that allow for the field to flood and drain naturally, and a timber boardwalk to enable access on wet days

Shortlisted for Future Public Realm - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Future Public Realm

The Super Slow Way Linear Park (Pennine Lancashire Linear Park), Blackburn to Pendle – Super Slow Way Consortium with BDP

The 23 mile stretch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from Blackburn to Pendle will be regenerated as the Super Slow Way Linear Park, an arts project to increase creative activity in East Lancashire. New crossing points and bridges work toward a ‘twenty minute neighbourhood’ to promote sustainable access and movement

Shortlisted for Future Public Realm - The Pineapples Awards 2023

Future Public Realm