The RIBA has launched an ideas competition for the redevelopment of a 24ha business and technical park in Runcorn which used to be the headquarters of chemicals giant ICI.

SOG Group, which is the operator of the Heath Business and Technical Park – developed in the 1960s and 70s – said it was seeking non-site-specific proposals on the design and interaction of future workplaces, living spaces and external spaces.

Its competition, which offers a £20,000 prize to the ultimate winner and a £5,000 honorarium for shortlisted entries, is described as being “particularly interested” in ideas that “promote health and happiness and help to eradicate loneliness and poverty”.

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