competition winners design new ‘front door’ for LSE
Alison Brooks Architects and Feix&Merlin have won the international competition to transform 61 Aldwych into a pioneering academic hub for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). ABC&D discovers more...
The design will breathe new life into the historic 17,600m² building on the corner of Aldwych and Kingsway, within the Strand Conservation Area in central London. Previously home to the Air Ministry, Television House and later ExxonMobil headquarters, the new scheme will provide LSE with a new ‘front door’, enhancing its central London campus with generous teaching, research and social learning spaces. The competition process included a public exhibition and
consultation on five shortlisted proposals, where the Alison Brooks Architects and Feix&Merlin scheme also unanimously won the public vote. Alison Brooks Architects and Feix&Merlin were honoured to be shortlisted alongside four other talented teams: • Ennead with 10 Design • Studios Architecture with Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt and Miltiadou Cook Mitzman
• Beyond Space with Allies and Morrison • 3XN with Adamson Alison Brooks responded: “We’re thrilled to be working with LSE and Feix&Merlin to create an inspiring new teaching and research hub at 61 Aldwych. Our vision will transform the existing inward-looking monolith into an open, outward-facing
Images: © Alison Brooks Architects and Feix&Merlin
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