Building Awards 2018: Refurbishment Project of the Year

2018-11-14T11:06:00

Read about the winner and runners-up of this year’s Refurbishment Project of the Year award

Winner: The Welsh Streets

Entered by Placefirst

This series of derelict terraces in the deprived Toxteth area of Liverpool had been earmarked for demolition but was saved by a public enquiry. Start-up Placefirst then began a methodical, house-by-house restoration, offering the 296 refurbished homes for social rent to the local community. The result is the revitalisation of an entire section of the city that forms the UK’s largest empty homes project.

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