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Camden Highline Competition Shortlist
3 Nov 2020
Camden Highline Design Competition Shortlist
Location: Camden, North London, England, UK
FIVE FINALISTS REVEALED FOR UK?S NEW PARK IN THE SKY
The Camden Highline charity has shortlisted five design teams from talent across the globe, all in with a chance to deliver the exceptional new green passage that will connect Camden Town to King?s Cross. The shortlisted entries all examined the relationships between humans and nature to define their individual approach for creating London?s very own Highline.
Following a two-month international design competition, Camden Highline has today announced a shortlist of five groups drawn from the seventy-six entries to deliver the newest park in the capital. The charity is searching to find the studio that can realise their ambitious vision of converting 1.1km of disused railway into a new green link, bridging Camden Town and King?s Cross. The extraordinary nature of the brief did not go unnoticed, with high-quality entries being submitted from industry-leaders across the globe, all required to address the ?creative tensions that exist between an urban environment and the natural world?. The Jury – compromised of Alison Brooks, Wayne Hemingway, Edward Jarvis, Indy Johar, Kathyrn Moore and Highline chair Richard Terry ? faced the challenging task of selecting just five submissions to ...