BDP has been dropped from a high-profile £600m job to design two hospitals in Leeds and been replaced by a team formed by rival bidder Perkins & Will.

The practice was announced as the winner of the £9.5m design contract to design an adults’ and a children’s hospital for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in August.

But the trust has now said it was “not able to progress” with discussions on the scheme following a period of preferred bidder engagement. It did not divulge further details of the break-down.

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