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All the Shortlists so far – The Pineapples awards 2021
The first categories have been announced, so who is up for a golden pineapple?
The first shortlists have been announced for The Pineapples 2021 awards, and here’s a rundown of the projects that will be vying for a golden pineapple so far at the upcoming Festival of Place: The Pineapples.
The Pineapples are only awards that celebrate the best in making places where people thrive, and are run in association with the Design Council.
Launched in 2019 by The Developer, The Pineapples are unique in seeking to celebrate places where people want to live, work, play, shop or learn. Shortlisted projects are presented in front of a live audience and the judging panel. Winners are awarded a golden pineapple trophy; the fruit is a traditional symbol of welcome in UK architecture.
The awards are also unique in that shortlisted projects are presented to the judges in front of a live audience, taking place online from 12-16 July at the ticketed event Festival of Place: The Pineapples, which will showcase urban development work taking place in communities across the UK.
The Design Council has supported The Pineapples since their launch in 2018. This year, with Design Economy 2021, the Design Council is exploring design’s social and environmental impact, as well as its economic contribution, giving us the most comprehensive assessment to date on the state of design in the UK.
The Design Council said: “We are proud to sponsor the Festival of Place and the Pineapple Awards. Our experience and evidence shows that well-designed neighbourhoods can have a transformational impact on us all, improving health and well-being, enhancing the environment and stimulating the economy.”
Get your pass to attend The Pineapples and see 40+ exemplar projects presented by developers and architects as they vie for a golden pineapple for excellence in design, development and placemaking
In 2021, the categories for Place of the Year, Place in Progress, Future Place and International Place are joined by five new categories to celebrate excellence in five specific areas: Community Engagement, Creative Reuse, Public Space, Activation and Sustainable Transport. These five categories replace the former Contribution to Place category.
Shortlisted built projects are visited where possible by at least one judge, who assesses the quality of these places using methodology developed with the Design Council and shaped using the 12 principles of public space by the Gehl Institute.
The shortlisted projects will be presented in front of a live audience during the Festival of Place: The Pineapples, 12-16 July with the winners announced on the final day
The Pineapples 2021 – the shortlists so far...
The Pineapple for Activation 2021
Box on the Docks - Salford
Peel Media Ltd
Centre of Gravity, Soapworks - Bristol
First Base
Mayfield - Manchester
The Mayfield Partnership
Sayer Street & Meadow - Southwark
Lendlease
The Bird Box - Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove District Council and North Worcestershire Economic Development and Regeneration (NWeDR)
Beckenham Palace Mansions, Lewisham
Lewisham Council
The Pineapple for Community Engagement 2021
Active Streets - Edinburgh
Parsons Green Parent Council with New Practice, Sustrans, Transport for Scotland and City of Edinburgh Council
BlockWest - Bristol
Making Together with Knowle West residents, We Can Make and Automated Architecture
Shaping the Heart of Nottingham Waterside – Trent Basin - Nottingham
Blueprint
Soapworks - Bristol
First Base
The Bermondsey Project - Bermondsey
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland
The Nicholson Quarter - Maidenhead
Areli Real Estate with JTP
The Pineapple for Public Space 2021
West Gorton Community Park - Manchester
Manchester City Council with BDP, Arup and G&T
Ambrose Walk Community Garden - London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Malmesbury Residents Association and Tower Hamlets Homes with Wilder Communities and KRAA
Christchurch Gardens - London Borough of Westminster
City of Westminster and Victoria BID, with Design: Reardon Smith Landscape LLP, Environmental Protection Group, Tim O’Hare Associates, Light Bureau, To the Point, WSP, Gardiner & Theobald and FM Conway
Chelsea Barracks - London Borough of Westminster
Qatari Diar Development Company, with Squire & Partners, Dixon Jones, Kim Wilkie, and Gustafson Portern & Bowman
Higham Hill Theatre – London Borough of Waltham Forest
Create and London Borough of Waltham Forest, with vPPR Architects, Twelve, Heyne Tillett Steel and Mitre Construction
Cheney Row Park – Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest, with We Made That, Stockdale, BSG Ecology, LEAP Environmental and Blakedown Landscapes
The Pineapple for Creative Reuse 2021
Hatworks Creative Workspace – Luton
The Culture Trust
Copeland Park – Peckham
Copeland Park & Bussey Building
Brixton Windmill – Brixton
Lambeth Council with Squire & Partners
Roof East – Stratford
Urban Space Management and London Borough of Newham
The Old Vinyl Factory – Hayes
U+I
The Pineapple for Place of the Year 2021
West Green Place - Haringey
Pocket Living
Television Centre - White City
Stanhope, Mitsui Fudosan, AIMCo, BBC Studioworks
Ram Quarter - Wandsworth
Greenland UK with EPR Architects
MediaCity UK - Salford
Peel L&P and Legal & General Capital
The Pineapple for Place in Progress
Barking Riverside - Barking and Dagenham
Barking Riverside Limited
Circus Street - Brighton
U+I with shedkm
Climate Innovation Distric - Leeds
Citu Group Developments Ltd
New Islington - Manchester
House by Urban Splash
Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Masterplan - Glasgow
Glasgow City Council and Keepmoat Homes Scotland with LDA Design
The Old Vinyl Factory - Hayes
U+I
The Pineapple for Future Place
Better Queensway - Southend-on-Sea
Porters Place LLP: joint venture between Swan Housing and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Blackwall Yard - Poplar
Hadley Property Group
Granton Waterfront - Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh Council with Collective Architecture
High Path Estate, Merton
Clarion Housing Group with PRP Architects
Love Wolverton - Wolverton
TOWN
Station Hill - Reading
Lincoln MGT with CallisonRTKL
Stretford Masterplan - Trafford
Bruntwood Works and Trafford Council JV
The Pineapple for International Future Place
International Future Place
‘Growth’ - Baghdad
Tamayouz Excellence Award - Dewan Award For Architecture with ONE Creative Environments
The Depot - Bucharest
Griro with KAP Studios
Lyon Confluence - Lyon
Bouygues Immobilier, Linkcity with David Chipperfield Architects
The Pineapple for Sustainable Transport
Connecting Leeds Covid Response, Leeds
Leeds City Council with Commonplace
CYCLE42 - Merton
Hadley Property Group
West Gorton Community Park - Manchester
Manchester City Council with BDP
The Northbank Low Emission Neighbourhood - Westminster
The Northbank BID
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