Architecture contest Antepavilion will return to London this year in a new location, following a two-year hiatus caused by a dispute with Hackney Council.
This year's winning Antepavilion structure will be built on a plot in Southwark, rather than at its original warehouse site in Hoxton Docks where previous years' structures were installed.
The change of location comes after the council restricted the use of the warehouse, requiring Shiva ? the organiser and sponsor of the arts charity Antepavilion ? to obtain planning permission for any new structures to be built on the site.
However, the organisers said this made it impossible for Hoxton Docks to continue as the host of the Antepavilion, leading it to change locations.
New site selected for its history of art displays Antepavilion has stated that the new site, south-east of the Old Kent Road Flyover in Southwark, is "feted for its history of art displays", including the Mandela Way T-34 Tank, otherwise known as Stompie.
The architecture contest was launched in 2017 as an annual competition for temporary structures that challenge planning constraints. It was postponed indefinitely in 2022 due to ongoing disputes with Hackney Council that began in 2019.
In 2019, the council issued an enforcement notice to Shiva demanding the removal of four unauthorised Antepavilion structures. A second notice was issued in 2020 to prevent the building from being used as an art venue and demanded the removal of all artwork from t...