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Palace of Westminster Renewal: Neo-Gothic Building Restoration – Architects Shortlist
9 Sep 2016
Houses of Parliament Renewal
Palace of Westminster Building Restoration Update
– Current ?patch and mend? maintenance approach no longer sustainable.
– Prime Minister Theresa May backs moving MPs out of the Houses of Parliament for at least 6 years.
– It will be the first time MPs have moved out since the Blitz.
– Major work to save the crumbling Grade I listed Palace of Westminster scheduled to start in 2022.
– final decision still rests on a parliamentary vote. – MPs would relocate to the Department of Health while the House of Lords would decamp to the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in Westminster.
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Palace of Westminster Building Renewal Details
Major programme of works to Palace of Westminster is essential and progress is urgent to minimise costs and risks
In a report published on 8 September 2016, the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster has concluded that the Palace of Westminster ?faces an impending crisis which we cannot responsibly ignore?. There is a substantial and growing risk of either a single, catastrophic event, such as a major fire, or a succession of incremental failures in essential systems which would lead to Parliament no longer being able to occupy ...
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