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Entries are open for The Pineapples awards for place 2026
The Pineapples awards have launched their call for entries with 16 categories designed to showcase excellence in place-shaping from Community Engagement to Place of the Year
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The Developer and Festival of Place
The Pineapples awards for place are back for 2026 with the launch of the call for entries for the eighth programmed year. The awards feature a golden Pineapple trophy coveted for its recognition of projects that represent excellence not only in design or development, but for making a positive social impact on the wider place.
The early-bird entry deadline for The Pineapples closes on 9 October with final submissions due on 21 November.
The Pineapples are unique with a three-stage judging process – online shortlisting is followed by visits to built works and live presentations to the judges. Winners are announced in April at a knees-up party and awards presentation.
The 2025 event was bigger than ever with 110 finalists battling it out to be celebrated for their place-making initiatives across the 16 categories available to enter. Categories include: Place of Year, Activation, Public Space, Community Engagement, Place in Progress, Creative Retrofit, Future Place, International Future Place, Infrastructure, Building, Future Public Realm, Climate Resilience, Child Friendly Place, Strategy, Community Space and Healthy Homes.
Built projects on the shortlist will be visited by judges and all lucky finalists will present to the judges at the live streamed and recorded Festival of Pineapples. The three-day event is a free-to-attend online event capturing the best in place-shaping as presented by developers, architects, clients and end users.
The Pineapples sponsors, Vestre, return to support the Public Space and Future Public Realm categories. With their core philosophy of bringing people and communities together, this family business helps create social, colourful and sustainable places with vibrant and prosocial street furniture.
Jack Arkney, from the Vestre team, highlights that “Our commitment aligns perfectly with The Pineapples’ goal and together, we aim to celebrate and shape thriving and welcoming spaces.”
“For us, that’s important, as we care not just how much public realm or how many benches someone has access to, but the quality and impact these places can have on everyday life,” follows Matt King.
This year Vestre are joined by Tectonix as proud sponsors of the Place in Progress category. The natural stone supplier works predominantly with public realm projects across the country helping to deliver beautiful, well-detailed, durable projects.
“Tectonix are absolutely delighted to be supporting The Pineapple awards. We’re excited to be sponsoring the Place in Progress award, celebrating new and exciting places as they start to blossom and show real promise in the way they’ll impact their communities. We are big believers that those small touches of quality through great design and materiality can have big impacts, so to help celebrate these projects is a real privilege for us.”
And after a successful introductory year, the Healthy Homes category returns in association with the TCPA to recognise schemes promoting the health of residents and citizens. Marked against the 12 Healthy Homes principles, projects hoping to take home the golden pineapple must account for the wider place, nature, transport and safety.
A full breakdown of the submission requirements for each category is available to download on The Pineapples website.
2026 Key dates
- August 2025: 2026 call for entries opens - Enter now
- 9 October 2025: Early bird entry deadline
- 21 November 2025: Final entry deadline
- January 2026: Shortlist announcement
- 24-26 February 2026: Festival of Pineapples, live judging presentations
- April 2026: Pineapples awards night
- May 2026: Publication of all The Pineapples finalists and winners in The Developer magazine
- 10 June: Selected entries present on The Pineapples stage at Festival of Place
Information
- Prices: Early bird entries at £240 and standard rate £340, with all payments subject to VAT
- Categories: 16 categories to choose from
- Help: Contact kimberley@thedeveloper.live for information
Download the full criteria, entry questions and requirements
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