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Team led by Asif Khan and Adjaye triumphs in competition to transform Liverpool’s slave trade dock

By 2021-09-29T11:14:00

Asif Khan Canning Dock

Scheme will see historic Canning Dock reimagined to tell the site’s controversial history

A team led by David Adjaye and Asif Khan has been announced as the winner of a competition to design a transformation of Liverpool’s historic Canning Dock.

The project will aim to tell the story of the controversial site’s links with the Atlantic slave trade with a new public realm and public art strategy.

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