Awards success for Tower Court and 8 Bleeding Heart Yard

Tower Court, Hackney: Tibbalds is delighted to have worked on Tower Court - recently announced as both a winner at the RIBA London Awards 2025, and also shortlisted for the RTPI London Awards for Planning Excellence 2025.

Tibbalds were planning and heritage consultant helping make sure that the project moved smoothly through the planning process and rightly recognised a range of views and concerns in the way it was resolved and secured.

Now built and occupied, Tower Court is a model for both collaboration and Council-led high density family living, shaped around the changing and diverse needs of contemporary London. Meaningful community engagement, including with the Haredi community, together with excellence in design has created a mixed and integrated place delivering 132 high-quality, modern mixed tenure homes.

Well done to everyone involved including our client the London Borough of Hackney and the project team, which included Adam Khan Architects (lead architect and design guardian), Daisy Froud (community engagement), Child Graddon Lewis (delivery architect), muf architecture / art (architecture, landscape and public realm), Tom Stebbing (John Stebbing Architecture, Orthodox Jewish adviser), and Potter Raper Limited (Employer’s Agent and Quantity Surveyor).

This great news follows earlier success for the Tower Court project at The Pineapple Awards 2025.

8 Bleeding Heart Yard has also been announced as winner at the RIBA London Awards 2025.

Tibbalds were planning consultant for this modern and dynamic workplace on Greville St, Farringdon. This workplace was designed by Groupwork for Seaforth Land Ltd.

The rich and expressive design increases the block’s floorspace and modernises the office space whilst at the same time providing affordable workspace for local jewellers. The remodelled external appearance is designed to make a positive contribution to the area and bring richness back to the street scene. The proposals have stripped back the existing 1980s office block with stepped access and wrapped it in a mesh facsimile of a former Victorian building on the site. New level access is provided to the rear of the building via Bleeding Heart Yard.

Project team included Groupwork (Architect), Atelier One (Structural engineer), Web Yates / Eight Versa (M&E / Sustainability Engineer), Avison Young (Project Manager), Quantem (Cost Consultant). The client is Seaforth Land.