Feilden Clegg Bradley, Hawkins/Brown and Levitt Bernstein among 鈥榮easoned鈥� competitors
A group of six top architects have been shortlisted to design a refurbishment of Queen鈥檚 College鈥檚 grade-II listed Florey building in Oxford.
The shortlist consists of: Hawkins/Brown Architects; Avanti Architects; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios ; John McAslan + Partners; Levitt Bernstein Associates and Nicholas Hare Architects.
The forty year old building, originally designed by James Stirling (pictured), is considered one of the great post-war modernist building in Britain.
Competition organiser Malcolm Reading, founder of Malcolm Reading Consultants, said he was 鈥渄elighted鈥� with the quality of responses the firm had received to its call for expressions of interest.
He added: 鈥淭hese teams are highly seasoned, astute practices who are in their prime.
鈥淭his is an extremely complex project which will require a deal of patience and skill but the renewal of the Florey will be a tremendous asset to Queen鈥檚, and indeed Oxford.鈥�
The second stage submissions are due in January 2014 and a winner will be selected in February.
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