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Winners gallery: The Pineapples

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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

West Gorton Community Park, Manchester - Manchester City Council with BDP

This new community park in Manchester, is the first UK demonstrator project for the GrowGreen initiative. Its data and management of the flow of rainwater into sustainable urban drainage systems, will be influential in the design of other green spaces in flood prone areas across Europe.

Winner of Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2021 / Shortlisted for Sustainable Transport - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Public Space Sustainable Transport

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