Highbury reaches the ‘group stage’ of the London Planning Awards (3 Dec 2009)
The much praised conversion of the former Arsenal football terraces into luxury apartments has been shortlisted three times in the London Planning Awards. Almost 30 of the 70 entries have been shortlisted, with judges describing the calibre of entries overall as “outstanding”.
The Highbury Square development, entered by Allies and Morrison, is shortlisted in the ‘Best Built Project’, ‘Best Place to Live’ and the new ‘Historic Building Management’ categories. Also shortlisted in the Best Built Project category is Regent’s Place, the British Land scheme on the north-side of the Euston Road, Woolwich Arsenal Docklands Light Railway station, Arundel Square and Grosvenor Waterside.
In the Community Scale Project category, View Tube is among the shortlisted entries, entered by the Olympic Delivery Authority. Made from lime green recycled shipping containers, View Tube is a new community and visitor facility with an unrivalled view of the Olympic Park.
Waterloo City Square, which proposes new development at the entrance to Waterloo Station, and Battersea Power Station Masterplan are both shortlisted in the ‘Best Conceptual Project’ category, while the Swiss Re building, universally known as the Gherkin, is shortlisted in the ‘Five years on’ category.
As well as Highbury, shortlisted entries in ‘Best New Place to Live’ include Bermondsey Spa and St James Quarter in Southwark. The renewal of St Martin in the Field, beside Trafalgar Square is shortlisted in the ‘Best New Public Space’ category.
The London Planning Awards are run jointly by the Mayor, London First, the Royal Town Planning Institute, and London Councils.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said:
“It is great to see a constant theme running through these entries - a commitment to improve the quality of life in London, which is one of my key priorities. I am also impressed to see our talented planners once again aspiring to the highest standards of design. Maintaining these standards is essential if we want our capital to remain the best city in the world in which to live, to work and to invest."
The shortlisted entries will go forward to the awards ceremony, with Mayor Boris Johnson at City Hall in March. Last year’s overall winner was High Speed One, the redevelopment of the iconic St Pancras Station.
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Background information
London Planning Awards categories:
Best Built Project - sponsored by CB Richard Ellis
Best Built Project - Community scale scheme - sponsored by Land Securities
Best Conceptual Project - sponsored by Berwin Leighton Paisner
Best New Public Space – sponsored by Lovells
Best New Place to Live
Best Built Project - 5 years on - sponsored by GVA Grimley
Best Historic Building Management – NEW! – sponsored by English Heritage
Mayor's Planning Award
The Mayor will select a winner of his Award for planning excellence from the shortlisted entries.
LONDON PLANNING AWARDS 2009/2010
Shortlisted entries, by category
Category 1 Best Built Project
26 Highbury Square, London N5 Allies and Morrison
36 Regent's Place The British Land Company PLC
57 Woolwich Arsenal Station Docklands Light Railway
59 Arundel Square United House
61 Grosvenor Waterside Property House Marketing
Category 2 Best Built Project - Community Scale Scheme
20 Loxford Polyclinic London Borough of Redbridge
55 Viewtube (A View, A Brew and a Loo) Olympic Delivery Authority
56 Langdon Park Station Docklands Light Railway
Category 3 Best Conceptual Project
3 Deptford Creekside Charrette JAM Consult Ltd
12 Battersea Power Station Masterplan Treasury Holdings UK
21 Waterloo City Square DSDHA Architects
29 Ponders End Framework for Change Enfield Council
Category 4 Best New Place to Live
8 4 Mastmaker Road GVA Grimley Ltd
23 Wilton Plaza Jestico+Whiles, Land Securities
24& 50 Joint Bermondsey Spa Regeneration, Southwark Levitt Bernstein Associates Ltd
St James Quarter, Regeneration Area Savills
26 Highbury Square, London N5 Allies and Morrison
37 Hornsey Road Baths Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects
Category 5 Best New Public Space
15 Great Queen Street The Clear Zone Partnership
30 The Renewal of St Martin-in-the-Fields Eric Parry Architects
33 Barking Town Square LB of Barking and Dagenham
Category 6 Best Built Project - 5 years on
1 Swiss Re Headquarters, 30 St. Mary Axe Foster + Partners
34 Cass Business School, City University London City University London
48 Barrier Point Hardhat Communications
Category 7 Best Historic Building Management
16 St. Bartholomew's Hospital Barts and The London NHS Trust
18 The Regent Street Vision The Crown Estate
26 Highbury Square, London N5 Allies and Morrison
35 Restoration and Development of Hall Place, Bexley Bexley Heritage Trust
39 Royal Arsenal Riverside tta Group
For more information about the awards please contact Kate Vandermeer at kvandermeer@londonfirst.co.uk
