Submission Requirements: The place should not be built. If under construction, the first phase of the project should not be complete. The Future Place should include plans for an outdoor space or street, public or private. 

Shortlisted places must be presented to the judges at the Festival of Pineapples, a major digital event in February 2025. After which a winner or multiple winners will be selected and awarded at The Pineapples prizegiving Party in March 2025.

This category is supported by Vestre.

The Pineapple for future public realm seeks to recognise an action plan or design proposal for a place, whether in development or theoretical, that creates new or upgrades the spaces between the buildings. It could be a high street renewal project, new public seating, traffic calming measures, or a future upgraded or brand-new public space. The public realm project should not be complete (see Public Realm).

The judges will be looking for a public realm that makes a positive contribution to the wider place and contributes to urban life, encouraging people to dwell, live, work, connect, learn or play. They will also be considering whether the intervention will make a positive environmental and social impact.

This category is supported by Vestre.

Submission requirements: This award is for unbuilt projects and therefore the project should not be complete at the time of entering although it may be under construction or have started on site.

Shortlisted places must be presented to the judges at the Festival of Pineapples, a major digital event in February 2025. After which a winner or multiple winners will be selected and awarded at The Pineapples prizegiving Party in March 2025.

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This Pineapple is for infrastructure including stations, bridges, cycleways, pedestrianisation, new public transport initiatives, LTNs or low emission zones, or other projects which contribute positively to the wider place. Projects can be complete or in progress with at least one phase open for use. The judges will be considering whether the infrastructure makes a positive environmental and social impact.

Submission requirements: The project must be complete. The judges should be able to access the project for a visit during the judging period. There is no restriction in terms of the completion date for a project, however the project must be in-use at the time of entering and we recommend that this has been a notable year in the life of the project.

Shortlisted places must be presented to the judges at the Festival of Pineapples, a week-long major digital event in March 2023. After which a winner or multiple winners will be selected and awarded at The Pineapples prizegiving Party in May 2023.

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Climate resilience recognises an initiative for a place or a project completed or in process that future-proofs against planetary dysregulation, such as biodiversity initiatives, energy projects, drought and flood resilience, air pollution or other mitigations. It could be a major program of retrofit, a sustainable drainage project, a solar installation or district heating project.

The judges will be looking at the contribution to the wider place and will seek to champion projects that create resilient places. They will also be considering whether the intervention will make a positive environmental and social impact.

Submission requirements: There is no restriction on when the project was completed, and the initiative or project can be over, if it was temporary intervention, in process or on-going. We recommend that this was a notable year and/or that the impact or outcome of the project is measurable or demonstrable. 

Shortlisted places must be presented to the judges at the Festival of Pineapples, a major digital event in February 2025. After which a winner or multiple winners will be selected and awarded at The Pineapples prizegiving Party in March 2025.

This Pineapple is for an initiative or project that creates a child-friendly place for under 18s, from babies to teenagers. The place may be a shared private or public space, such as a shared playground, wider area or street.

Judges will be looking to recognise a place where children are welcome and free to experience a healthy and safe childhood. They will also be considering whether the place makes a positive environmental and social impact in the context of child development and wellbeing.

Submission requirements: There is no restriction on when the activity took place, and the initiative or project can be over, if it was temporary intervention. We recommend that this was a notable year and/or that the impact or outcome of the project is measurable or demonstrable.

Shortlisted places must be presented to the judges at the Festival of Pineapples, a major digital event in February 2025. After which a winner or multiple winners will be selected and awarded at The Pineapples prizegiving Party in March 2025.

The Pineapple for Strategy seeks to recognise policy, research, Local Plans, design guides, climate and infrastructure plans and strategic frameworks that will have a positive social and environmental impact on the place and its people.

Judges will be looking for best practice in policy and research, in particular they will be asking whether the research, policy or strategy is meaningful, being actioned, considered deliverable and accountable. The Pineapples seeks to amplify the diligent work taking place to implement positive change.

Submission requirements: The policy or strategy document should be published but implementation may be ongoing. We recommend that the strategy or policy has begun to make an impact.

Shortlisted places must be presented to the judges at the Festival of Pineapples, a major digital event in February 2025. After which a winner or multiple winners will be selected and awarded at The Pineapples prizegiving Party in March 2025.

The Pineapple for Building seeks to recognise a completed building that makes a positive contribution to the wider place and its people through its design and programme.

The judges will be looking for a quality building that is inclusive by design and welcoming, contributes to urban life, and encourages people to dwell, live, work, connect, learn or play. Is the building a good neighbour? They will also be considering whether the intervention make a positive environmental and social impact.

Submission requirements: The project must be complete and able to be visited by judges. The judges will consider how the building contributes to the wider area or place. There is no restriction in terms of the completion date for a project, however the project must be in-use at the time of entering and we recommend that this has been a notable year in the life of the project.

This Pineapple award is for community spaces, indoor and out, that enhance the life of a place – including community centres, common houses, play spaces, gardens or other completed projects designed to bring people together or serve as a community asset.

The judges will be looking for an approach that contributes positively to urban life, and encourages people to connect. We’ll also want to know how you’ve made a positive environmental and social impact.

Submission requirements: The project must be complete, either ongoing, in use or have happened. There is no restriction in terms of the completion date for a project, however we recommend that this has been a notable or meaningful year for the project and/or that the impact of the project is demonstrable.

Shortlisted places must be presented to the judges at the Festival of Pineapples, a major digital event in February 2025. After which a winner or multiple winners will be selected and awarded at The Pineapples prizegiving Party in March 2025.

The Pineapple for Healthy Homes recognises completed homes that promote the health of residents and citizens and will be judged according to the Healthy Homes principles. It could be anything from a mixed-use development that includes housing, a street, a social housing refurbishment or a small development of homes.

The homes should be located in the UK, they must be inhabited at the time of entering. There is no timeline restriction in terms of when the housing completed, however we recommend that this has been a notable year in the life of the project. It must be able to be visited by judges during the judging period, if shortlisted.

Launched in association with the TCPA and supported by Wates Group, the judges will be looking for homes that incorporate healthy living into their design, delivery and the ongoing governance of the project.

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