London firm Haworth Tompkins has been appointed to lead a major seafront redevelopment in West Sussex, England ? eight years after a controversial scheme by California architect Frank Gehry was scrapped.
The Stirling Prize-winning firm will work with sports architecture studio LA Architects on the regeneration of the former King Alfred sports centre in Hove, two miles east of Brighton's Palace Pier.
The project will include a new leisure complex, a community art centre, shops, offices, housing and a public square that connects the site with the seafront.

Frank Gehry was originally appointed to the job after winning a design contest in 2003. His design, said to be inspired by Edwardian dresses, featured a pair of towers with crumpled metal walls ? leading it to be nicknamed Tin Can Alley.
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But the design proved highly contentious with locals and was eventually dropped in 2008, reportedly due to funding issues.

Haworth Tompkins' replacement scheme was selected by Brighton and Hove Council earlier this month.
According to the firm, it has spent three years on the design, working with property developer Crest Nicholson and Hove-based charity The Starr Trust.

Like Gehry's proposal, which featured two 20-storey towers, the development will include several high-rise elements. It will incorporate 560 new homes, organised above a basement car park.
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