The London School of Economics and Political Science has revealed the six design teams it has shortlisted for the £100m-plus development of a new academic building on Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

It features Alison Brooks Architects, with Nigerian practice Studio Contra; David Chipperfield Architects with south-east London-based Feix & Merlin Architects; and John McAslan & Partners, working with US practice Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and Bangladesh’s Marina Tabassum.

Also in the running to redevelop the former Royal College of Surgeons building at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields for the project are Belfast-based Hall McKnight; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios working with Danish practice Lendager; and a joint bid from Denmark’s Dorte Mandrup with John Robertson Architects.

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