London's Antepavilion charity has launched its fifth annual pavilion competition without former partner the Architectural Foundation, which has withdrawn due to ongoing battles with the local planning authority.
Competition organiser Russell Gray told Dezeen the foundation had "taken frighted" [sic] after Hackney Council served an injunction on the 2020 pavilion, which saw fibreglass sharks placed in a canal.
"We are not working together with the Architecture Foundation this year them having taken frighted being on the other end of an injunction we are promoting it entirely ourself," wrote Gray, whose property company Shiva owns the Hoxton Docks venue where all four Antepavilions have been built.
A spokesperson for the Architectural Foundation confirmed that the organisation is no longer involved with the annual design competition. Designed by Jaimie Shorten, the Sharks! installation was the fourth annual pavilion built at Hoxton Docks on the Regents Canal in Hackney.
As with the previous pavilions the Sharks! installation did not have planning permission and the council asked organisers to remove it along with other structures on the site.
Architectural Foundation no longer involved in Antepavilion
The brief for the 2021 edition of the provocative competition asks designers for their take on a bartizan, which is an overhanging turret that was used in the medieval architecture.
As with previous pavilions, this year's competition will deliberately chal...