Exclusive: AJ 40 under 40 talent on winning £8bn Thamesmead Waterfront team
Winner: Prior + Partners with Arup, and West 8; The Place Bureau; Alison Brooks Architects; Turner Works; Marc Koehler Architects; JA Projects; Schulze+Grassov; Soundings; Sage Culture; WorkWild; and London Wildlife Trust
A rising star practice showcased in the AJ 40 under 40 is on an eclectic winning team in Peabody and Lendlease’s £8 billion Thamesmead Waterfront development contest
East London-based JA Projects – founded by AJ 40 under 40 winner Jayden Ali – has been chosen to work on the enormous 100ha project as part of a team led by Prior + Partners, featuring West 8, Alison Brooks Architects, Turner Works and Marc Koehler Architects.
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Five design teams have been shortlisted to masterplan a huge £8bn regeneration project in south-east London.
They include leading practices such as Alison Brooks, Mikhail Riches and Shard architect William Matthews as well as emerging names including Jas Bhalla Architects and Madeleine Kessler, co-curator of the British Pavilion at the delayed Venice Biennale.
The 250-acre scheme, known as Thamesmead Waterfront, is set to provide at least 11,500 new homes plus commercial and leisure space across more than a mile of undeveloped river frontage at the sprawling estate made famous by the film A Clockwork Orange.
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Exclusive: Thamesmead Waterfront shortlist revealed
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Peabody and Lendlease have whittled down a 10-strong longlist to five ‘diverse and innovative’ teams in its £8 billion Thamesmead Waterfront development contest
AJ 40 under 40 stars feature in all but one of the shortlisted collaborations vying to become strategic masterplanners for the massive project in south-east London.
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Allies and Morrison has teamed up with – among others – AJ 40 under 40 member Jas Bhalla, while Prior + Partners is leading a bid with West 8 of Rotterdam, Alison Brooks Architects, Turner Works, and AJ 40 under 40 talent Jayden Ali’s JA Projects.
Separately, Studio Egret West is heading a collaboration with Danish outfit Cobe, Dulwich Pavilion-designer Yinka Ilori Studio. and featuring AJ 40 under 40 member Je Ahn’s Studio Weave and Freehaus which is jointly headed by another AJ 40 under 40 star Jonathan Hagos. A fourth group known as Urban Orchestra inc