The judges then presented us and our partners Places for People two awards for our work at Park Hill in Sheffield. The Brutalist scheme, in which we have preserved the original fabric of the listed building while creating contemporary homes, workspace, a shop, gallery, restaurant and cultural quarter for the city, was crowned Regeneration Scheme of the Year. Later in the ceremony, the building also received the Judges Award for Excellence with judges saying the building is an "exemplary retrofit project that demonstrates the possibility to reinvent unloved Brutalist structures".

Later in the day, Park Hill was then awarded the Inside Housing Development Award Best Regeneration Project award. The ceremony celebrates the very best residential developments across the UK, recognising the teams, schemes and solutions that have made a positive impact on the communities we serve.

All these awards are testament to the work we’ve done in both of these places – transforming disused, unloved areas or buildings and creating new places in which people can live, work and play. At New Islington that meant taking a gritty piece of land in the centre of the city, and delivering a long term, sustainable regeneration plan that would create homes for all as well as community amenities. At Park Hill it was about preserving a cherished piece of architecture, bringing it back into sustainable use for a new generation.

I’m proud that judges in both of these awards have recognised those efforts.