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The Westminster City Council has granted Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners planning permission for their competition-winning scheme to redevelop part of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) campus. The largest project in the school’s 120-year history, the “Center Building Redevelopment” plan will replace an existing cluster of LSE buildings along Houghton Street - Clare Market, The Anchorage, the East Building and part of St. Clements - with a modernized, sustainable and multifunctional academic building.
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Director of Estates Julian Robinson said: “This is a major milestone in our ambitious program of improving facilities and accommodation at LSE. We are a world class university and the Centre Buildings Redevelopment will provide a new building and public spaces which will reflect this. Its sustainable design will complement and enhance our surroundings while still being uniquely identifiable as LSE.”
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Demolition will begin this summer, and completion is scheduled for late 2018. RSHP’s £120 million scheme, which was chosen ahead of a competition shortlist of five international teams, aims to animate the street with a new public square and the integration of public programs at its lower levels, including a restaurant, auditorium and large lecture theaters.
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