RIBA launches hotly anticipated £20m contest to redesign HQ

RIBA, 66 Portland Place

Source: Philip Vile

Winner set to be announced in April

The RIBA has given architects until the beginning of next month to send in expressions of interest to carry out a makeover of its historic central London headquarters.

The hotly anticipated job has been on the cards since even before AHMM chief Simon Allford was elected president on a ticket of turning 66 Portland Place into a “house of aechitecture”.

The contest, which is only open to RIBA chartered practices, will be run in two stage with finalists called for competitive interviews.

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