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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  London, United Kingdom

• Lead Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Area

  4729.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  James Jones

• Architects

  Squire & Partners

• Location

  Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp St, London EC2A 4PS, United Kingdom

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  James Balston, Jim Stephenson

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 49 winners of the 2018 RIBA National Awards. From skyline-altering buildings to sensitive small-scale sculptures, this year’s top projects showcase a wide-ranging selection of scales, featuring designs from Foster + Partners, Hawkins\Brown, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and Niall McLaughlin Architects.

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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  6 Warwick Street, SOHO London, United Kingdom

• Lead Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Area

  2344.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Gareth Gardner

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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  248 Ferndale Rd, Brixton, London, United Kingdom

• Area

  6147.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  James Jones

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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  1 Tower Bridge, London SE1 2UP, United Kingdom

• Area

  68000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  James Jones

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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  Greencoat Pl, Westminster, London SW1P, United Kingdom

• Area

  1544.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  James Jones

The City of Westminster, England has announced the shortlist for its first People’s Choice Award for the city’s best building from the past decade.

In an effort to engage the public in a debate about what makes a great building, the Westminster City Council asked a panel of architects, developers, councilors, and planners to shortlist 12 designs to be voted on by people who live and work in the city, as well as by visitors. Buildings for the shortlist were chosen based on its use of materials, purpose, and impact on the surrounding space.

"Brilliant architectural design should be recognized for all the fantastic benefits it can have in terms of health and wellbeing, sustainability, and the simple pleasure we all take from having such striking buildings lining our routes home, to shop and to work," said Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL, Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council. "The best people to ask about the impact these buildings have are those who see them day in, day out, and so I am delighted that we have been able to engage the public in a debate about what makes a great building and to promote design excellence."

The 12 shortlisted projects for the Westminster People’s Choice Awards are:

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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  Surrey, United Kingdom

The £1.2 billion Shell Centre development in London, masterplanned by Squire & Partners, has been awarded planning permission after being called in for review by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. Featuring 8 towers of up to 37 storeys which will sit alongside the existing 27-storey Shell Tower, the scheme was granted permission by the local council last year but was called in for review over fears that it could threaten the UNESCO Heritage status of the area around Westminster.

However, despite being awarded planning once again, opponents of the scheme have said they will continue to fight it, and have threatened to mount a judicial review of the scheme.

Read on after the break for more on the controversy

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A design by Squire and Partners for the controversial Chelsea Barracks site has been approved for planning. The approval comes five years after an earlier scheme by Richard Rogers was derailed by Prince Charles, sparking a row over what some perceived as the Prince abusing his status by bypassing proper planning procedure. Since then the plans were put on hold due to the UK's poor economy, before being resurrected last year.

Read more about the new plans after the break

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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  10 Hanover Street, London W1S 1YF, United Kingdom

• Area

  2979.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Gareth Gardner, James Balston

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• Architects

  Squire and Partners

• Location

  London, United Kingdom

• Interior Designer

  Bill Bennette

• Structure

  Heyne Tillett Steel

• Planning Consultant

  The London Planning Practice

• Contractor

  GPF Lewis Ltd

• Landscaping

  Haynes Design

• Area

  807.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Gareth Gardner

Images of the transformation of the Shell Centre Campus, which include 8 towers to be designed by six different architects in London's South Bank, have been released and submitted for approval by the local authority, Lambeth Council.

The project, under a Masterplan by Squire and Partners and co-developed by Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar, is a 5.25-acre mixed-use scheme between Waterloo Station and Hungerford Bridge. While the famous 27-story Shell Tower will be preserved, the plans show eight new residential and office buildings will be constructed by six architectural firms: an office and two residential towers by Squire and Partners, one office tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF); a residential block by Patel Taylor; another by Stanton Williams; and two more residential towers by GRID Architecture.

In total, about 800,000 sq ft of office space, 800,000 sq ft of residential space (translating to 790 new homes, including affordable housing), and 80,000 sq ft of new retail units/restaurants/cafés will be created. As Michael Squire of Squire and Partners told The Architect's Journal: "We make no apology, this is a dense development, it sits next to one of the busiest train stations in Europe. This is a massive sustainable move that will allow people to live and work in the same area."

More on the proposed plan for London's South Bank, after the break...