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Liverpool's award-winning developments

(Published: 10 March 2009)

Two images of the newly completed Liverpool One - Phase 2: left is Chavasse Park; right is The Galleria

For those who live, work or shop in Liverpool, and know the city well, it is obvious how much the city has changed in recent years.  Whilst Capital of Culture brought visitors into the city in droves during 2008, and they were able to see many new and positive developments here, how many people know that Liverpool has been quietly winning awards for its efforts in regeneration?

Between 2005 and 2008, Liverpool's so-called BigDig may have had its critics, and whilst disruption was caused in the run up to Capital of Culture and 2008, the benefits are now clear for everyone to see.  All that hard work put into new buildings and repaving our streets has continually been praised by various organisations who have been handing out awards.

The following is a list of some of them which the city has won:-

  • Public realm programme (city centre movement strategy) 
    - Civic Trust Award 2006 
    - National Transport Award 2006 
    - Local Government Network Streetscape Award 2007 
    - Landscape Urban Design Award 2008

  • Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool
    Sterling Prize winning architects, Wilkinson Eyre, won the international competition to design ACC Liverpool. The design has won a variety of awards:
    - RIBA Award 2008 
    - Regeneration and Renewal - highly commended 
    - World Architecture Festival - high commendation

  • Bluecoat

    - Won a RIBA (NW) award in 2008

  • Unity Building
     - RIBA national award 2007
    - Housing Design Award 2007 - shortlist

  • Tribeca
    - Urban Splash's designs for Tribeca collected 2 awards at the Housing Design Awards 2008

  • Liverpool One
    Collected a host of awards
    Regeneration and Renewal Awards 2008: 
    - winner Best Use of Planning in Regeneration
    -winner Mixed-Use Project of the Year: 
    - finalist - Best Designed Regeneration development:
    - RTPI planning Awards 2008 - winner

  • C7 Residents Advisory Group
    - Finalist, Community-Led Organisation of the year, Regeneration and Renewal Awards 2008

  • Kensington Community Learning Centre
    - Winner, Social Regeneration Project of the Year, Regeneration and Renewal Awards 2008

  • Novas Contemporary Urban Centre
    - Finalist, Mixed-Use Project of the Year, Regeneration and Renewal Awards 2008