Amanda Levete has been appointed to the jury of an international design competition to find an architect for a new home for the Birmingham Markets.

Lendlease was chosen in January as Birmingham council’s development partner for a £1.5bn scheme to revamp a city centre site called Smithfield.

The plot in Digbeth covers 17ha and will be home to Birmingham’s Bull Ring retail markets as well as leisure and cultural space, a public square and more than 2,000 homes. The scheme will take 15 years to complete.

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