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Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2025

Hind Street, Birkenhead for Ion Property Developments with BDP

The masterplan for a 26-hectare site in Wirral aligns with the emerging local plan and Birkenhead 2040 regeneration strategy, focusing on revitalising brownfield sites. It proposes 1,600 new homes (10 per cent affordable), with car and cycle parking, and complementary uses like shops, cafes, healthcare and offices. The plan includes high-quality public spaces, a new linear community park, a primary school, multistorey car park and a new village square, enhancing the area’s accessibility.

Waterloo Station Masterplan, London Borough of Lambeth for Lambeth Council and Network Rail with Grimshaw, Gbolade Design Studio, Exterior Architecture, WSP, Hatch, Iceni, Turner & Townsend and Savills

The masterplan vision for delivering improvements to Waterloo station and wider area spans 110ha. It proposes 40 plus safe walkways and cycle paths and 20 plus new accessible station entrances. With inclusive public spaces spanning 30,000m2 and 1,900m2 of green space, the design aims to create 10,000 jobs and 8,800m2 of space for local businesses.

Central Docks Liverpool Waters, Liverpool for Peel Waters, Homes England and Liverpool City Council with Planit, Virtual Planit, Arup, Hive Projects, Curtins, Hannan Associates, Civic Engineers and Place and Context

Stretching over 2 km along the River Mersey, Liverpool Waters is a 30-year plan to regenerate 60 hectares of former dockland. Central Docks, the largest brownfield site at 10.5 hectares, will be the biggest of five planned neighborhoods. It features 3 hectares of public spaces, including a 2-hectare Central Park with a 270 per cent biodiversity net gain. Plans include 2,350 diverse new homes, with site work commencing in 2025, funded by Homes England.

Hartree, Cambridge, for LandsecU+I and TOWN with Anglian Water and Cambridge City by Kjellander Sjoberg, LOLA, Useful Projects, Pell Frischmann, Carter Jonas, Bell Phillips, Haworth Tompkins, Turner Townsend alinea and ECF

Hartree, a 48-hectare brownfield site in North East Cambridge, will become a sustainable, inclusive community, centered around the five-minute neighbourhood concept. 40 per cent of the site will be public space, including the 5-hectare Playline, a green link across the site. With 15 new neighbourhood parks, the £3 billion project will deliver approximately 5,600 homes for 11,500 people, addressing Cambridge’s housing needs.

Campbell Park, Milton Keynes for Urban Splash, Glenbrook and Milton Keynes Development Partnership with Howells Architects

The Carpenters Estate Masterplan, London Borough of Newham for Populo Living with Proctor and Matthews, Metropolitan Workshop, Tibbalds, LDA Design, XCO2, make:good and Campbell Reith

The 1960s estate, with 710 homes, has endured decades of stalled redevelopment, but a resident-led masterplan now drives a £1.5 billion transformation across 11.3 hectares. The 12-year project will deliver 2,250 high-quality homes, including 50 per cent affordable and 313 refurbished to net-zero carbon standards, accommodating 7,000 people. Plans include 28,000 sq m of non-residential space for commercial, community and educational uses, plus 14,800 sq m of public open space.

The Earls Court Masterplan, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for the Earls Court Development Company with Studio Egret West and Hawkins/Brown

Shaped by four years of community engagement, the 17.4-hectare masterplan envisions an inclusive, climate-resilient urban district in London. It will deliver 4,000 zero-carbon homes, 35 percent of which will be affordable. The project creates 12,000 jobs across research and development, clean tech, creative industries and startups, with 230,000 sq m of workspace, 28,000 sq m for retail, dining, and leisure and affordable workspaces. With 8 hectares of green spaces, including a 1.8-hectare park.

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