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Royal College of Art Design Competition
RCA Battersea South Campus Development, southwest London – design by Herzog & de Meuron, Architects
11 + 10 Nov 2016
Royal College of Art Battersea Award
Herzog & de Meuron wins Royal College of Art Design Competition
Design: Herzog & de Meuron, Architects
London, 10 November, 2016 ? The Royal College of Art (RCA) announced today that Herzog & de Meuron has won the invited competition to appoint architects for its new state-of-the-art £108m Battersea South campus.
The acclaimed practice, a laureate of both the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, was the clear choice of the competition jury, who assessed an exceptional shortlist of seven international architectural practices.
image © 2016, Herzog & de Meuron
The competition ? for a strategic design approach to a new centre for the world?s pre-eminent art and design university?s Battersea campus ? was distinctive for its strong engagement with the existing College buildings and wider surroundings in Battersea.
The six runner-up practices (in alphabetical order) were:
Christian Kerez (Switzerland)

Diller Scofidio + Renfro (US)

Lacaton & Vassal (France)

Robbrecht en Daem architecten (Belgium)

Serie Architects (UK/Singapore)

Studio Gang (US)

image © 2016, Herzog & de Meuron
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