The Haworth Tompkins team recently gathered to celebrate the completion of the superstructure at Wembley NE02/NE03 with a topping out ceremony. A big thank you to client Quintain and John Sisk & Son Ltd for hosting us – it was a brilliant event for the whole project team to mark the fantastic achievement in bringing these projects to fruition.
The NE02 and NE03 schemes combined deliver:
- Quintain’s largest construction contract signed to date at Wembley Park
- 769 new homes, more than 100 affordable homes and 972-bathroom pods
- 22,000 cubic metres of concrete poured but the lowest Embodied Carbon to date
- 1,802 offsite manufactured façade panels used across both buildings
- An innovative design that allows each of the 752 balconies to be installed within minutes
- 99% of waste reused or recycled or diverted from landfill
- An average of 560 people working on site each day
- Over 1.2 million hours worked in 2023
- £24m spent with local businesses
- 213 hours of volunteering to support community projects
- 26 apprentices currently on-site
- 7 tower cranes across NE02 and NE03 simultaneously through construction
Haworth Tompkins named Public Building Architect of the Year at the 2026 Building Design Architect of the Year Awards 2026.
Planning permission has been granted for the first phase of York Central, delivering 1014 homes, commercial space, extensive public realm and parkland, as well as a brand-new entrance to the west of York railway station.
Five Haworth Tompkins projects have secured six shortlist places across the 2026 AJ Architecture Awards and NLA Awards. The recognition reflects the breadth of our expertise across culture, housing, regeneration and masterplanning - from the sensitive transformation of listed cultural buildings to major residential developments and urban masterplans.
Planning permission has been secured for the first phase of the transformation of St Botolph's Quarter in central Colchester, marking an important milestone in the city's long-term regeneration.
Pembroke Mill Lane for Pembroke College, Cambridge, has been shortlisted for the 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious award for architecture.
Wonderful to see the new performance spaces at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) alive with performance, rehearsal and teaching.
Pembroke Mill Lane, Cambridge has received a RIBA National Award.
Haworth Tompkins has been shortlisted in two categories at this year's Building Design Architect of the Year Awards.
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