AZ Awards 2025 People's Choice: Earls Court Masterplan

People’s Choice: Urban Design Unbuilt Developments

Earls Court Masterplan

With its zero-carbon energy-sharing program and its stormwater re-use system, the development would be a model of sustainability.

Year: 2025
Location: London, U.K.
Firms: Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West (U.K.) and SLA (Denmark)
Category: Urban Design Unbuilt Developments

During its 140-year lifespan, which ended with its 2017 demolition, the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England, hosted everything from dog shows to Led Zeppelin concerts. With their Earls Court Masterplan, local firms Hawkins\ Brown and Studio Egret West propose filling the void with a bit of everything: urban gardens, a stepped fountain, a performance space, office buildings, and homes of all types for all income ranges. With its zero-carbon energy-sharing program and its stormwater re-use system, the development would be a model of sustainability. A site that was once synonymous with spectacle can now offer something better still: community.

Team: Roger Hawkins (Hawkins\Brown).

People’s Choice: Urban Design Unbuilt Developments

Earls Court Masterplan

With its zero-carbon energy-sharing program and its stormwater re-use system, the development would be a model of sustainability.

Location: London, U.K.
Firms: Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West (U.K.) and SLA (Denmark)
Category: Urban Design Unbuilt Developments

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