Deadline extended: Final entries due 28 November for The Pineapples awards 2026

 

 

 

After the entry deadline on 21 November, first phase judging will take place before a finalist announcement in January.

 

All finalists will be invited to present at the digital Festival of Pineapples event, which runs from 24-26 February and is free to attend. It’s a packed three day event of 20-minute bytesize presentations full of learning and friendly competition. Judges are asked to evaluate the projects through the lens of their professional experience and also as a citizen. 

 

New judges for 2026 include previous Pineapples winner Basil Demeroutis, Managing Partner at Fore Partnership. Demeroutis, who took home the golden pineapple alongside Civic and Webb Yates for Climate Resilience last year, has said he’s "very pleased" to be judging. "Huge fan of everything you are doing there!"

 

Winner of the Activation category last year, Adriana Marques, Assistant Director of Cultural Programming and Strategy at Peabody has also joined as a new judge to share her expertise in improving spaces for culture and communities. 

 

James Gosden, Specifications Director, Tectonix becomes another of the 57 judges using his expertise and love of people, projects, and big bits of stone. 

 

 

Ballymore will also be taking to the stage with representative Nicola Zech-Behrens, Project Director, who manages major residential and mixed-used schemes across London. 

 

"We’re thrilled to see Nicola lending her insight to an awards programme that champions thoughtful, impactful placemaking," Ballymore posted in response. 

 

Rasmus Astrup, Senior Partner & Design Principal at SLA returns as a judge and previous Pineapples winner after taking home the trophy for International Future Place in 2025. Astrup brings a specialisation in ’City Nature’ with experience in landscape architecture, urban design and climate adaptation from spearheading SLA’s most complex global landscape projects. 

 

A number of judges are returning too – including Strategic Project Manager at Manchester City Council, Nick Barton and Deborah Broomfield, Doctoral Researcher at Leeds Beckett University. 

 

 

 

Adriana Marques, Assistant Director of Cultural Programming and Strategy, Peabody

Alex Gordon, Director and Head of Business Development, Morris+Company

Amandeep Singh Kalra, CEO and Founder, GreenFlip

Amanprit Arnold, Disability Urbanism

Azzees Minott, Chief Operating Officer, 2-3 Degrees

Basil Demeroutis, Managing Partner, Fore Partnership

Ben Adams, Founding Director, Ben Adams Architects

Blossom Young, Head of Policy, Research and Advocacy, Poplar HARCA

Bridget Snaith, School of Architecture & Landscape, Sheffield University

Caroline Jennings, Marketing and Communication Director, Cadogan

Cathy Russell, Urban Design Director, Ryder Architecture

Chloe Mcfarlane, Community Engagement Manager, Grosvenor Property UK

Chris Farrow, Managing Director, Farrow Walsh

Christopher Arthey, Director, Axiom Developments

Claire Hepher-Davies, Senior Development Manager, The Crown Estate

Clive Nichol, Founder/CEO, Fabrix

Daisy Narayanan, Public Realm Director, The Crown Estate

David West, Founding Director , Studio Egret West

Deborah Broomfield, Doctoral Researcher, Leeds Beckett University

Dr Elizabeth Rapoport, Director, Polygon Place Strategy

Dr Rosalie Callway, Policy and Project Manager, TCPA

Duncan Bernsten, Medway Development Company

Elaine Cresswell, Director, reShaped

Eleanor Fawcett, Head of Design, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

Esther Everett, Head of Design , London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC)

Gemma Holyoak, Development Manager, TOWN

Helen Rieman, Business Growth Director, Hill Group UK

James Bruce, Director, Civic

James Gosden, Specifications Director, Tectonix

John Stiles, Placemaking Manager, London Borough of Brent

Jon Watson, Development Director, Landsec

Julian Tollast, Head of Masterplanning and Design, Quintain

Karoline Soisalo de Mendonca, Regeneration Manager, Oxford City Council

Kate Brown, Head of Strategic Communications, HUB

Kuljeet Sibia, Founding Director, Diverse Dialogues

Larry Botchway, Co-Founder, POoR Collective

Laura Cassullo, Director, Stride Treglown

Lizzie Lynch, Communications and Influence Lead, United St.Saviour

Lucy Atlee, Senior Quality and Design Manager, Places for London

Marie Williams, Founder and CEO, Dream Networks

Mark Lebihan, COO, Hadley Property Group

Michaela Jackson, Transport Planner and Project Manager, Stirling Council

Nick Barton, Strategic Project Manager, City Centre Growth & Infrastructure Team, Manchester City Council

Nicola Zech-Behrens, Project Director, Ballymore

Paul Richards, Deputy Chief Executive, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Rasmus Astrup, Senior Partner & Design Principal, SLA

Rebecca Thomas, Director, Fathom Architects

Rene Sommer Lindsay, Associate Urban Designer, AtkinsRéalis

Richard Coppell, Group Development Director, Urban&Civic

Saira Ali, Team Leader - Landscape, Design and Conservation, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Sharon Giffen, Head of Design, The Earls Court Development Company

Sophie Thompson, Director, LDA Design

Sophie White, Sector Lead Regeneration, Aviva

Susie le Good, Director, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Tanisha Raffudian, Creative Director, Concept Culture

Will Sandy, Founding Director, Will Sandy Design Studio

Wongani Mwanza, Architect and Participatory Designer, Transition by Design

 

 

Dominique Staindl, Founder, South Facing

Harriet Saddington, Architect and The Developer contributor

Leah Stuart, Director, Civic

Magali Thomson, Project Lead for Placemaking, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Natascha McIntyre Hall, Head of Regeneration, Gleeds Advisory Services

Rob Fiehn, Found, Rob Fiehn Ltd

Romy Rawlings, Director, DeepGreen

Rose Marshall, Associate Director, ING Media

Rebecca Evans, Head of Infrastructure, ING Media

 

 

The Pineapples Awards 2026 is proudly sponsored by Vestre, Tectonix, and ROCKWOOL, who help celebrate The Pineapples values – sustainability, inclusion, great design – places being designed and built that prove it could be done.

 

Find out more: For all entry enquiries, contact kimberley@thedeveloper.live. To find out more about sponsoring the awards, contact James at james@thedeveloper.live or check out the sponsorship pack. 

 

 

Download the full criteria, entry questions and requirements