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The entrance foyer at Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s proposed Centre for Music
The City of London’s jinxed £288m Centre for Music project has been scrapped.
The City Corporation made the announcement yesterday afternoon, along with a pledge to launch an international design competition to find an architect to spruce up the Barbican Centre instead.
The concert hall scheme, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro after a previous international competition, had been looking shaky for some time. The most recent doubts were cast last month when Simon Rattle, the conductor for whom it was being built, announced he was leaving the London Symphony Orchestra to return to Germany.
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Studio Egret West’s Smithfield Market proposal - All-seasons garden under a glass roof winding through the granite setts of the Victorian Rotunda ramp
Studio Egret West has revealed images of what Smithfield Market could look like after the historic market has moved to Essex.
The visualisations show a “cut” made in the floor of Grand Avenue, the striking road through the market, to create views and bring light into the cavernous basement.
Cultural and entertainment spaces would be created and the architects have proposed a continuing role for food in the market’s future, with training in growing, preparation and consumption of ingredients happening on site on site.