Architecture student inspired by fish鈥檔鈥檆hips and tea rooms scoops first prize for 鈥檘uintessentially British鈥� pier at New Brighton

A pier with a fish鈥檔鈥檆hips shop and tea room has won a student competition for New Brighton, Liverpool, organised by environmental consultancy Royal Haskoning.

Michael Otchie, an architecture student at the University of Liverpool, came up with the winning concept for a pier at New Brighton beach in Merseyside. He said he was inspired by two 鈥渜uintessential British institutions鈥�, the fish鈥檔鈥檆hip shop and the tea room. The design would make use of ship-building technologies to reflect Liverpool鈥檚 maritime history, and the student architect said it could be built for 拢2m.

Royal Haskoning Liverpool organised the design competition, which had a first prize of 拢1,000, as part of Liverpool鈥檚 Year of European Capital of Culture.

David Ricketts, director of building and infrastructure, said: 鈥淭he competition has given us a fascinating insight into how the next generation of architects and planners view the New Brighton of today.鈥滻 am sure the ideas from our talented entrants will give a lot of food for thought when any future waterside projects for New Brighton are being considered.鈥�

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