2025 Shortlist
Discover the pioneering projects, innovative designs, and outstanding teams recognised as finalists in this year’s Tall Buildings Awards.
Best Mixed-use or Commercial Tall Building Project
Ambar Kelly – One Exchange Square
Permavent – The Social Hub, Candleriggs Square, Glasgow
Squire & Partners & EPR Architects – Prince of Wales Drive Phase 3
TODD Architects – City Square House, Leeds
Best Residential Tall Building Project
AKT II & Walsh Associates – Chapter London Bridge
Assael Architecture, Tide Construction & Vision Volumetric – The Eades, Walthamstow
Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher – Leeds II
Excel Winner UK – Thames City
Falconer Chester Hall – Limelight, Liverpool
Best Tall Building Architect
Assael Architecture – The Eades Walthamstow
Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher – Leeds II
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) – Thames City
Squire & Partners & EPR Architects – Prince of Wales Drive Phase 3
TODD Architects – City Square House, Leeds
Best Tall Building Client
Bristol City Council – Corbett House
Greystar – Chapter London Bridge
Knight Dragon – Plot M0121 Lower Riverside, Greenwich Peninsula
Study Inn – Study Inn Brotherton House, Leeds
University of the Arts London (UAL) – London College of Communications, University of the Arts London (UAL)
Best Tall Building Façade Engineering Project
Permasteelisa Group – London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (UAL)
Permavent – The Social Hub, Candleriggs Square, Glasgow
Best Tall Building MEP Services Project
Atkins Réalis, Brookfield Properties, HDR & T Clarke – 30 Fenchurch Street Decarbonisation MEP Retrofit
Polypipe Building Services – Trinity Island
Best Tall Building Retrofit or Refurbished Project
Ambar Kelly – One Exchange Square
Atkins Réalis, Brookfield Properties, HDR & T Clarke – 30 Fenchurch Street Decarbonisation MEP Retrofit
K Systems – Corbett House
Best Tall Building Structural Engineer
AKT II & Walsh Associates – Chapter London Bridge
Apex Consulting Engineers – Limelight, Liverpool
Whitby Wood – Plot M0121 Lower Riverside, Greenwich Peninsula
WSP – Prince of Wales Drive Phase 3
Best Tall Building Technology Innovation Award
AKT II & Walsh Associates – Chapter London Bridge
Ambar Kelly – Ambar Kelly 3D Modelling
Stubguard® – West Way Place, Botley
Tenmat – Cavity Fire Barrier System for Brickslip Façades
Best Tall Building Contractor
Gilbert Ash NI – West Way Place, Botley
Multiplex – London College of Communications, University of the Arts London (UAL)
T Clarke – 30 Fenchurch Street Decarbonisation MEP Retrofit
Tide Construction – The Eades, Walthamstow
Walsin Limited – The Social Hub, Candleriggs Square, Glasgow