City development lands award

YORK Central could be better than the King’s Cross project, according to the judges of an award.

The project won the best masterplan category at the Architects’ Journal Architecture Awards 2019. Judges said the project has the bone structure to become better than King’s Cross – and the masterplan for both projects was by the same architecture team.

The York Central scheme of housing and shops was designed by Allies and Morrison, which described the project as the “most significant urban expansion in the ancient city of York’s modern history”.