Shipwreck off Margate

2006-02-17T00:00:00

Spence Associates and Snøhetta teamed up to produce this ambitious design for the Turner Contemporary in Margate. Rather than building on the land earmarked by the council, they proposed a building on the sea.

As the Turner Contemporary slips into oblivion and the public's worst fears about iconic architecture are confirmed, Ellen Bennett uncovers a saga of vaulting ambition, a designer usurped and £6 million down the pan

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