Haworth Tompkins has three projects shortlisted at this year’s Pineapple Awards by The Developer and Festival of Place, which celebrate excellence in placemaking. The shortlists demonstrate the strength of our approach to placemaking and collaborative design.
Future Place (over 20ha) category, Tendring and Colchester Borders Garden Community, Colchester for Latimer. The masterplan developed with Kjellander Sjöberg, Periscope, Exploration Architecture and Stantec will deliver 7,750 new homes across three distinct neighbourhoods over the next 20 years.
Shortlisted in Future Place (under 20ha) is 980 Great West Road, London Borough of Hounslow for Hadley Property Group, alongside Studio Egret West, Metropolitan Workshop LLP and dRMM. Shaped by a reuse-first approach and extensive community co-design, the scheme balances housing, employment and sustainability to create a vibrant new neighbourhood.
We are also part of the wider team shortlisted for Smithfield, Birmingham for Lendlease and Birmingham City Council, working with Prior + Partners, Bell Phillips, David Kohn Architects, DP9, Field Operations, dRMM, Intervention Architecture, Minesh Patel Architects, Ramboll, Speirs Major and WSP.
Thank you to our brilliant clients and collaborators - we look forward to presenting the schemes to the judges in February. You can join online during the Festival of Pineapples: Register here
Unanimous planning permission has been granted for Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula, a new 3,000-capacity performance venue designed by Haworth Tompkins.
Haworth Tompkins Associate Director Ken Okonkwo has been reappointed as a Mayor’s Design Advocate (MDA) for the 2025–2028 term, marking his second appointment to the role.
2025 was a demanding year for the built environment, but also one of real momentum for Haworth Tompkins. Against a challenging economic and political backdrop, the practice continued to adapt, collaborate and deliver work of lasting value.
The £2 billion York Central regeneration project has submitted the latest planning application for the next stage of delivery and includes Haworth Tompkins designs for Foundry Village; a walkable, street-based neighbourhood designed that will deliver 368 mixed-tenure homes.
Theatr Clwyd has been shortlisted for Theatre Building of the Year at this year’s Stage Awards.
Pembroke Mill Lane, Cambridge and The Warburg Renaissance have been selected as Regional Finalists in the 2026 Civic Trust Awards and will now be considered for National Awards with the winners announced January 2026.
Haworth Tompkins has completed Backstage at the Old Vic, a new build six storey extension to the Grade II* listed Old Vic Theatre, in London’s Waterloo marking a bold new chapter in the theatre’s remarkable 200-year story.
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