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David Kohn Architects has won the competition to design a new market development in Birmingham,

The project is part of Lendlease鈥檚 拢1.5bn Smithfield regeneration project which aims to be a 鈥渘ew destination in the heart of the city centre鈥� with cultural and leisure attractions as well as a retail and housing.

Kohn beat a shortlist that included Shigeru Ban working with Waugh Thistleton and Publica, as well as 5^th Studio and Acme working with James Corner Field Operations.

Some 75 teams entered the competition which was run by Colander for Lendlease and Birmingham council and featured Amanda Levete on the jury.

A canopied market space in a new civic square will be the gateway to Kohn鈥檚 scheme which will contain a new market building connecting two existing ground levels, an accessible green roof and a four- to eight-storey office building.

The competition brief said: 鈥淎bove all else, the winners of this competition will be fantastic designers: able to create a Market that combines extraordinary and joyful architecture with a lively and unpredictable market atmosphere that is created by the people who use it.

鈥淭he challenge will be to deliver both: the finished project must stand up to scrutiny as an exceptional piece of architecture that responds with dignity to its complex inner-city location, but it must also become a backdrop, within which the theatre of a buzzy market can unfold, and in which memories can be created.鈥�

The development of Birmingham Smithfield 鈥� the historic heart of the city next to the Bullring and New Street Station 鈥� is part of Birmingham鈥檚 Big City Plan launched in 2010, which sets out a 25-year vision to help it become a 鈥渨orld-class city鈥�.

The market is set to complete in 2025.