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Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2024

Soho Place, City of Westminster, for Derwent London and Nimax Theatres, with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Arup and Laing O’Rouke

Soho Place, City of Westminster, for Derwent London and Nimax Theatres, with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Arup and Laing O’Rouke

No. 1 Soho Place in Westminster combines a 600 seat theatre with contemporary office and retail spaces. Spanning 26,000 sqm, this is the first new theatre in the West End in 50 years. The latest development from Derwent London by AHMM, this £300m mixed-use project is part of large-scale regeneration around the Elizabeth line’s Tottenham Court Road station.

Shortlisted for Building - The Pineapples Awards 2024

Hackney Bridge, London Borough of Hackney, for Make Shift, with Turner Works

Hackney Bridge, London Borough of Hackney, for Make Shift, with Turner Works

The £4.6m Hackney Bridge development will serve as a 12-15 year temporary space until the development of Olympic Legacy Plan housing. This is the third project from incubator company Make Shift. Five buildings totalling 2630 sqm bring together workspaces including maker’s shops, co-working spaces, and artists’ studios; as well as a public market hall, events space, and food and drink vendors.

Shortlisted for Building - The Pineapples Awards 2024

Storyteller Library, Cinema & Housing, London Borough of Bexley, for London Borough of Bexley, with DRDH and Really Local Group

Storyteller Library, Cinema & Housing, London Borough of Bexley, for London Borough of Bexley, with DRDH and Really Local Group

The Storyteller Library, Cinema, and Housing fully opened in Summer 2023. It consists of a three-screen independent cinema; a cafe; nine apartments; co-working space; a gallery; and a “Changing Places” sanitary facility. The £6.2m development is located on the high street of suburban Sidcup. The project is DRDH’s first public building in London.

Shortlisted for Building - The Pineapples Awards 2024

Appleby Blue Almshouse, London Borough Southwark, for United St Saviour’s Charity, Southwark Council and JTRE, with Witherford Watson Mann architects

Appleby Blue Almshouse, London Borough Southwark, for United St Saviour’s Charity, Southwark Council and JTRE, with Witherford Watson Mann architects

With a construction value of £25.1m, the Appleby Blue Almshouse brings a new retirement community to Bermondsey. Of the 57 new homes, 51 are one bedroom flats and 6 are two-bedroom. The building includes a community centre, lounge, activities room, communal kitchen, spa and beauty room, as well as a garden.

Shortlisted for Building - The Pineapples Awards 2024

Living Wetland Theatre and Waterscapes Aviary, Slimbridge, for Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, with BD Landscape Architects, Kay Elliott Architects, Hoare Lea and David Dexter Engineers

Living Wetland Theatre and Waterscapes Aviary, Slimbridge, for Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, with BD Landscape Architects, Kay Elliott Architects, Hoare Lea and David Dexter Engineers

Completed in 2021, Gloucestershire’s Living Wetland Theatre forms part of a £4.4m funding awarded to WWT Slimbridge by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Alongside a new lagoon, new stream and waterscapes aviary, a 360-seat theatre with shelter from the elements allows visitors to pause and learn about the local wildlife through immersive experiences and activities hosted by the Wetland Centre.

Shortlisted for Building - The Pineapples Awards 2024

Unity Place, Milton Keynes, for Santander UK, with LOM architecture and design

Unity Place, Milton Keynes, for Santander UK, with LOM architecture and design

Completed in November 2023 as a new work campus for 6,000 Santander UK employees, the Unity Place development at 200 Grafton Gate in Milton Keynes includes 44,000sqm of office space across eight stories. Designed to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and WELL ‘Gold’ standard, the £150m project also gives public access to an “urban market,” retail outlet, community spaces, health facilities and a terrace cafe.

Shortlisted for Building - The Pineapples Awards 2024

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Early bird entry deadline: 15 December 2023
Final entry deadline: 25 January 2024
Festival of Pineapples: 15-19 April 2024
Awards party, London: May 2024

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