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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‘It seems like everything with the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) was set up with good intentions, but somewhere along the way things have been lost,’ says Susan Hall, who chairs the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee.
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Exclusive: Thamesmead Waterfront shortlist revealed
Thamesmead Waterfront
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