Emil Eve Architects and Arup have been named joint winners of an ideas competition to find new uses for the grade II*-listed St Martin’s Church in Brighton.

The practices were picked from 28 “extraordinary and diverse” responses to the call for creative solutions that would “respect the integrity” of the under-used gothic revival structure, at the same time as “adding new life and economic sustainability”.

According to the competition brief, while the cathedral-like church is capable of hosting 1,500 worshippers its current congregation is around 60.

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