Pair beat RSHP, AHMM and Allies & Morrison to win redevelopment job next to Tate Modern

A Carmody Groarke and Sheppard Robson pairing has triumphed over a host of star names to win a job to build a 拢400m student accommodation scheme behind the Tate Modern for the London School of Economics (LSE).

The two firms pipped RSHP and Tigg Coll, AHMM, Allies & Morrison, SOM and a team consisting of TP Bennett and Danish practice Cobe to win the 2,000-bed redevelopment of Bankside House.

The LSE has called for a 鈥減iece of world class architecture鈥� on the site, which faces Herzog & de Meuron鈥檚 extension to the Tate Modern, Switch House, as well as RSHP鈥檚 Neo Bankside development. 

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The 2,000-home scheme is located directly behind the Tate Modern

The university, which is working up the scheme with development partners Bouygues UK and Equitix, wants to make the site its largest student residence. 

Carmody Groarke and Sheppard Robson鈥檚 winning proposals would see the existing mid-century Bankside House replaced with three new buildings, or 鈥渉ouses鈥�, each containing around 650 student beds.

The three blocks will be connected at the ground floor and by garden terraces, with a single entrance designed as a 鈥渓iving room鈥� concept aiming to foster a sense of community across the scheme.

LSE director of residential and catering services Ian Spencer said the approach had 鈥渆normous potential鈥� to create lasting communities.

Construction is expected to start on site in 2026, with completion earmarked for 2030, ready for students to move into at the start of the academic year.

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