This year’s awards attracted a record number of entries, so it is a great honour for LUC’s work to be recognised among the finalists.

LUC’s nomination in the Public Realm / Landscape category is for our work on the Hamiltonhill Green Infrastructure project in North Glasgow, delivered on behalf of Queens Cross Housing Association and Urban Union, and largely funded by the NatureScot Green Infrastructure Fund.

The scheme is part of a wider transformational 700-unit residential masterplan led by Collective Architecture. It reimagines an area of previously vacant and derelict land in Possilpark, creating a network of green spaces that address climate resilience, biodiversity, and community wellbeing.

At the heart of the project are five distinctive community greenspaces: a large new community park, a natural and inclusive play park, two parklets incorporating significant SuDS attenuation basins, and a community garden.

‘Building with Nature’ principles guided the design process, ensuring that each greenspace enhances biodiversity, encourages active travel, integrates sustainable drainage, and supports community use—from play and sport to quiet recreation.

Extensive community engagement helped shape the final design, through workshops, public displays, and online consultations. The result is a series of connected, accessible green spaces that reflect local aspirations and respond to the site's strong topography, creating a distinct identity rooted in place.

The new green infrastructure has significantly improved the visual and ecological quality of the area, while creating safe, attractive, and welcoming spaces for residents.