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Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2020

Disclaimer: The Pineapples 2020 submissions closed in April 2020 and presentations took place in November 2020. The process and details provided for each project may have changed since.

Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2020

Place in Progress

Aberfeldy

Aberfeldy Village, soon to be rebranded Oxbow, is a landmark redevelopment in East London, ten years into a 20-year timeline. In 2012 housing and community association Poplar HARCA and EcoWorld London, at the time known as Willmott Dixon Regen, formed the Aberfeldy New Village LLP joint-venture partnership (The Partnership) and gained planning permission for a widescale redevelopment.

Shortlisted for Place in progress - The Pineapples Awards 2020

2020 Place in Progress

Climate Innovation District

The Climate Innovation District represents a pioneering new approach to delivering sustainable places in the UK. The district spans both banks of the River Aire in the east of Leeds city centre and will comprise family houses, apartments, office spaces, retail spaces, a primary school, a small care home, and a community café. The district is designed to reduce carbon emissions at every stage.

Shortlisted for Place in progress - The Pineapples Awards 2020

2020 Place in Progress

Greenford Quay

Greenford Quay by Greystar is London’s largest purpose-built rental community and will ultimately deliver 2,118 new homes set within a new public realm overlooking the Grand Union Canal in Ealing. The first phase of the development, Tillermans, opened its doors to residents at the end of 2019, offering a range of amenities and facilities not normally associated with rental housing in the UK.

Shortlisted for Place in progress - The Pineapples Awards 2020

2020 Place in Progress

King’s Cross

King’s Cross is home to 67 acres of architecture, offices, destination restaurants and retail, homes and education. The landmark development is not due to complete until 2023; however is already seen as a lively place to visit, day and night. The area’s industrial past has inspired the 50 new and 20 repurposed buildings. The public spaces between them are a mix of parks, streets, squares, and gardens, with Granary Square at its heart.

Winner for Place in progress - The Pineapples Awards 2020

2020 Place in Progress Winner

Brooklands Square

Showing placemaking at its best, Brooklands is a mixed- tenure scheme in Milton Keynes that will provide a total of 2,500 homes all supported by a raft of facilities and amenities, including schools, shops and leisure facilities as well as green spaces that emphasise biodiversity and environmental sustainability.

Shortlisted for Place in progress - The Pineapples Awards 2020

2020 Place in Progress

Kampus, Manchester - HBD and Capital & Centric, Mecanoo, Chapman Taylor, Manchester City Council

The judges were impressed with this landscape-led project and how previously closed-off areas have been reopened to the public. The fact that this new place feels of Manchester was noted, as well as the human scale of its nooks and alleyways. The reuse of the existing security block is playful and creative

Place in Progress winner 2020

2020 Place in Progress