Project showcase

Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2026

Community Space

Stockroom, Stockport for Stockport Council with AEW Architects, Kier and SpaceInvader

Stockroom is Stockport’s reimagined community space—a 45,000 sq ft former retail block transformed into inclusive public areas for learning, creativity, and social connection. Open daily, it combines a library, café, sensory room, archives, workshops, exhibitions, performances, and civic services under one roof. With a year-round programme for all ages, Stockroom fosters belonging, supports local talent, and encourages social interaction. Since opening in 2025, it has welcomed over 500,000 visit

2026 Community Space

super SATELLITE x NEX, London Borough of Wandsworth for Legal & General and New Acres with Kevin Haley Studio in partnership with Royal College of Art

Located within New Acres — a major new development in Wandsworth Town with 1,000+ homes, 25 commercial units and public realm — super SATELLITE × NEX was designed and curated by Kevin Haley Studio, in partnership with L&G and the RCA reimagining one ground floor unit as a public testbed.

2026 Community Space

Parklea Branching Out, Port Glasgow for Parklea Branching Out with INCH Architecture & Design, Community Links and Design Engineering Workshop

Parklea Branching Out (PBO), a Port Glasgow charity, uses horticulture to support diverse groups through training, work experience, and recreation. A new hub enhances their mission, incorporating a cafe, meeting spaces, and volunteer facilities. The design features a sculptural dendriform column and canopy structure inspired by garden pavilions located on site. Situated in a flood-risk zone near the Clyde Estuary, the hub is elevated above predicted flood levels and built with climate-resilient

2026 Community Space

Art Park, London Borough of Harrow for Meanwhile Space CIC and Harrow Council with Jan Kattein Architects, engineersHRW and SGA Consulting

Art Park is a temporary creative campus in Harrow. The precinct provides 14 genuinely de-mountable, self-contained workspace units of various sizes and 6 micro exhibition spaces distributed across 3 small buildings that frame a triangular courtyard. The project responds to a need for affordable enterprise space and helps to diversify the existing town centre functions. Art Park is the first designated, flexible event-, exhibition, and specialist market space in Harrow Metropolitan Town Centre.

2026 Community Space

The Swannery, Bristol for Wellspring Settlement with Barefoot Architects, Goss Structural and CW Duke

When the pub on the corner of Wellspring Settlement site in Bristol’s Barton Hill closed during the pandemic, the community asked them to take it on, and to use it as an opportunity to reinstate youth services as part of their offer. Through codesign and youth engagement the Swan Pub has been transformed into a youth led offering in a striking building - The Swannery - that gives the young people of the area a place to call their own

2026 Community Space Winner

Burgess Park Sports Centre, London Borough of Southwark for Southwark Council with Bell Phillips, Built Engineers, Civic, Hilson Moran and LDA

Burgess Park Sports Centre is a new community sports facility in a popular south London park. The building is a key element of Southwark Council’s expansion of accessible sports and community space across the borough, and a new landmark within one of London’s most important public green spaces. The sports centre includes a clubroom, changing rooms and public amenities, but is designed to be much more than a sports facility.

2026 Community Space