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Architects snap at chance to design London’s first alligator farm

By 2020-01-17T07:00:00

How the alligator park could look in the gasholder on Old Kent Road

Three practices look sharp as developer cooks up plans to convert Old Kent Road gasholder

Maccreanor Lavington, Patel Taylor and Farrells are in the running to design London’s first alligator farm, Building Design can reveal.

Developer Avanton told BD it was considering appointing one of the three architects to the job because they had local knowledge or had worked with them before.

The property firm snapped up the 1.6ha site on Southwark’s Old Kent Road in December, complete with a grade-II listed Victorian gasholder.

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