New London Awards 2020 Shortlist
Discover London’s best and most innovative projects featured in the New London Awards 2020
The New London Awards celebrates the projects that best create a sustainable, civilised and egalitarian city, that seek to improve the quality and standards of new design and respect London’s rich mix of old and new, that support the regeneration of its towns, and that strive to improve the usability of its streets and public spaces. See our full shortlist.
CARING
Projects that are designed to improve the health and wellbeing of Londoners, young and old, from hospitals and healthcare facilities to housing for an ageing population.
John Morden Centre, Greenwich by Mæ
The Ark, Noah's Ark Children's Hospice, Barnet by Squire & Partners
CONSERVING
Sponsored by Urban Space ManagementThe restoration and reuse of buildings, across any sector, where efficient use is made of existing fabric and embodied energy: from historic restorations to contemporary insertions and retrofit buildings.
1 Finsbury Avenue, City of London by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Dept W, Tower Hamlets by Buckley Gray Yeoman
St Mark's, Westminster by Donald Insall Associates
The Gaslight, Westminster by dMFK and Bureau de Change Architects
DWELLING
The best examples of individual new homes in small sites across the capital, from one up to five units.
Angle House, Haringey by Carbogno Ceneda Architects
EXPERIENCING CULTURE
Sponsored by BOP Consulting
Civic buildings, museums, galleries, theatres, libraries, sports facilities, community hubs and youth centres – projects that put cultural experience at the heart to create better places for local residents and international visitors.
Battersea Arts Centre, Wandsworth by Haworth Tompkins
Housing
Multi-unit residential projects of any tenure – from social housing to PRS to prime resi, creating exemplary new places for people to live.
101 on Cleveland, Westminster by Assael Architecture
Queen’s Yard, Hackney Wick, Tower Hamlets by Jestico + Whiles and Stockwool
The Reach, Greenwich by Pitman Tozer Architects Ltd
Monier Road, Tower Hamlets by Pitman Tozer Architects Ltd
LEARNING
Educational establishments of all kinds – nurseries, schools, academies, universities, training centres – where design enhances the learning experience.
Centre for Creative Learning, Francis Holland School, Westminster by BDP
Town House, Kingston upon Thames by Grafton Architects
MEANWHILE
Projects that embrace the city as a work in progress, enlivening spaces, places and high streets over a short-term period, while supporting long-term ambitions.
Capital Studios, Wandsworth by Backyard Cinema
MIXING
Buildings with a complementary mix of work-live-play, designed holistically to meet the needs of a number of different activities and communities.
Battersea Exchange, Wandsworth by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Hobhouse, Westminster by Brisac Gonzalez, Arquitectonica
Queen’s Yard, Hackney Wick, Tower Hamlets by Jestico + Whiles and Stockwool
MOVING
Transport projects and related architecture that improve the experience of travelling around the city and infrastructure projects which through the transport of water, waste or energy, help London work more efficiently and sustainably.
PLACEMAKING
New or rediscovered public spaces; parts of London that have been given new life through improvements to streets, squares, playgrounds, water spaces or parks.
Bankside Yards, Southwark by PLP Architecture
Ion/DRI, Camden by Hawkins\Brown LLP
Queen’s Yard, Hackney Wick, Tower Hamlets by Jestico + Whiles and Stockwool
Sayer Street, Southwark by Gillespies and BD Landscape Architects
PLANNING
Greenford Quay, Ealing by HTA Design LLP, SLCE, Hawkins Brown, Mae, Flanagan Lawrence
The Bermondsey Project, Southwark by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, ARUP, Andy Sturgeon Garden Design, Cottrell and Vermeulen
WELCOMING
Hotels, restaurants and bars, markets and shops that welcome guests and enhance the leisure offers and hospitality experience for visitors and Londoners alike.
Citicape House, City of London by Sheppard Robson Architects LLP
WORKING
From office buildings and interiors to co-working hubs and affordable workspaces for making and manufacturing – new projects that create inspiring working environments.
160 Old Street, Islington by Orms
Elsley, Westminster by Burwell Architects
Plumtree Court, City of London by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Adamson Associates, Gensler, Perkins & Will, Adjaye Associates, AL_A, Citterio-Viel, UNStudio
x+why, People's Mission Hall, Tower Hamlets by Squire & Partners
York House, Islington by dMFK Architects, de Metz Forbes Knight Architects
COMMUNITY PRIZE
Sponsored by ft’workCelebrating community-driven design and collaboration, the Community Prize will be awarded to the scheme that demonstrates the most positive and meaningful impact on the place where it is located. Selected from submissions across all categories, successful projects will be exemplary in their response to the social context, contributing to a sense of local identity and helping communities to thrive.
Battersea Arts Centre, Wandsworth by Haworth Tompkins
ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE
Sponsored by Hoare LeaRecognising the most sustainable projects in the capital, the Environmental Prize will be awarded to the scheme that shows design strategies that minimise environmental impact as well as an efficient use of materials, a low carbon footprint and innovation. Selected from submissions across all categories, successful projects will be exemplar in creating a more socially and environmentally sustainable net-zero city.
in2space housing, Sutton by Lloyd Thomas Architects
The Reach, Greenwich by Pitman Tozer Architects Ltd
WELLBEING PRIZE
Sponsored by Airflow
Projects that put wellbeing at the heart of the design, this prize will be awarded to the scheme that best shows how design approaches that consider key spatial conditions – such as the quality of air, water, light and comfort – can aid mental and physical wellbeing of the people that live or work in them. Selected from submissions across all categories, successful projects will be exemplar in finding ways to create spaces which make people feel better when they inhabit them.
The Ark, Noah's Ark Children's Hospice, Barnet by Squire & Partners
The Mayor’s Prize will be awarded, in association with the Mayor of London, to the project that best reflects the Mayor’s ambition for ‘Circular Economy’ as expressed through the
Design for a Circular Economy Primer, part of the
Good Growth by Design programme. Selected from submissions across all categories, it will award the project that best demonstrates an innovative re-use of existing buildings and or re-use of construction materials, adopting circular economy principles while securing high quality design. For the New London Awards 10-year anniversary, the Mayor’s Prize looks into the future, awarding the project that best supports the Mayor’s aims of making London a zero carbon, zero waste and zero pollution city.
The Mayor’s Prize will be awarded to one of the New London Awards 2020 shortlist.