Architects sought for a 拢200m mixed-use development for a prominent site in Maidenhead town centre.
RIBA Competitions has launched an invited design competition to find an architect to design a 拢200m mixed-use development for a prominent site in Maidenhead town centre.
The project will involve the demolition of existing buildings and the creation of retail, commercial, offices and residential plus underground parking and a new town plaza on a 2ha site. Maidenhead is where Crossrail services will start from in the west from 2018.
The clients, Ryger Maidenhead and the London & Aberdeen Group, working with Norwegian property firm Smedvig Eiendo, want to appoint a practice that can bring 鈥渋maginative thinking to build on a high-level strategic masterplan鈥� and to produce a high-quality, affordable scheme that sits comfortably within its context鈥�.
The masterplan will be developed in conjunction with Windsor and Maidenhead council.
The site is at the southern gateway to the town centre and the clients believe it would be suitable for a 鈥渓andmark design鈥�.
Bill Higgins, chairman of London and Aberdeen, said there was 鈥渉uge consensus and momentum鈥� in the town for the project.
Local MP and home secretary Theresa May shared their vision, he said, 鈥渢o reinvigorate Maidenhead and exceed its former glory, with best-quality design and sensitivity to the needs of the locals鈥�.
Expressions of interest are invited from UK architectural, landscape or urban design practices. At least three will be shortlisted and invited to develop concept designs for the project. Each practice will receive an honorarium payment of 拢7,000 +VAT.
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