Snug Architects answers call for Birmingham prayer memorial

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Snug Architects has won a RIBA competition for a £6.25m national prayer landmark on the outskirts of Birmingham.

The Southampton practice, which employs 15 staff and was set up in 2003, beat four other finalists, including proposals from Italian and Danish architects, to land the job which is known as the Wall of Answered Prayer.

More than 130 architecture practices from 28 countries entered submissions.

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