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6 Nov 2017
London Festival of Architecture 2018 Competition Shortlist
Shortlist announced for London Festival of Architecture ‘Modern Maypole’ competition
Monday 6 November 2017 – A red steel giant striding through London, a tower built by London school children, and a visual metaphor for London’s diversity are among the shortlisted entries revealed today for the London Festival of Architecture’s ‘Modern Maypole’ competition. The competition, organised by the festival in partnership with The Northbank BID, looks to create a contemporary maypole as a focus for public events and activity on The Strand during the London Festival of Architecture when it returns to the capital on 1-30 June 2018. The six shortlisted practices and projects for the Modern Maypole competition are:
Modern Maypole by Scale Rule

A maypole assembled of many individual components ? wooden discs stacked to form a ringed patchwork tower, each decorated by a London primary school, and added to the maypole by the students themselves.

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Colourful Language by Thomas Randall Page with Benedetta Rogers and Cake Industries

This maypole celebrates London?s diversity with dozens of differently coloured ribbons, each representing a la...