The chosen group will work with Peabody and Lendlease who have entered a joint venture to build a new town centre on a 100 hectare site in Thamesmead.
Bek Seeley, managing director of development for Lendlease Europe, said: 鈥淲e鈥檝e been hugely impressed with the quality of the teams that have come forward. There is a superb mix of expertise from both the UK and overseas. And we鈥檝e been particularly impressed with the smaller practices that are playing key roles within the shortlisted teams.鈥�
The five teams that have been shortlisted are:
- Allies & Morrison with Jas Bhalla Architects, SLA, Ramboll, Montagu Evans, and Frances Holliss.
- Prior & Partners with Arup, West 8, The Place Bureau, Alison Brooks Architects, Turner Works, Marc Koehler Architects, JA Projects, Schulze & Grassov, Soundings and Sage Culture.
- Studio Egret West & Cobe with Dark Matter Labs, Studio Weave, Freehaus Design, Yinka Ilori Studio, AKTII, Hilson Moran and Biomatrix Water.
- Urban Orchestra led by Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, Mikhail Riches, Haptic and Expedition with Create Culture, Gardiner & Theobald, Gibson Thornley, GS Solutions,聽 Innovation First, Kjellander Sj枚berg, LOLA, Madeleine Kessler Architects, Mary Duggan Architects, Nick Elias Studio, Nordic Office of Architecture, William Matthews Architects and ZCD Architects.
- White Arkitekter with Publica, Tredje Natur, Central Saint Martins, Public Works, Bohn & Viljoen, Buro Happold, GL Hearn and Aurora.
All shortlisted teams will now be interviewed.
Peabody executive director John Lewis said: 鈥淭hamesmead is a remarkable place and the project we are working on will require a remarkable team of masterplanners. Their task will be to help us deliver a scheme that will make a real difference to people鈥檚 lives. We鈥檝e been very encouraged by the work we鈥檝e seen so far and look forward to announcing a winning team later this year. 鈥�
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