Southmere Village Library in Thamesmead Competition 2017, Bexley Architecture Contest
Southmere Village Library in Thamesmead Competition
Thamesmead Architecture Contest run by Peabody / The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
13 Jun 2017
Southmere Village Library in Thamesmead Competition
RIBA Southmere Village Library in Thamesmead Competition
Launch of international competition to design Southmere Village Library in Thamesmead, UK
13th of June 2017 – Peabody and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are pleased to announce the launch of an international design competition for a new library building in Southmere Village, Thamesmead.

photo by Kleon3 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons This new civic building will be at the heart of the first phase of the planned 1,622 new homes to be delivered as part of the Abbey Wood and South Thamesmead Housing Zone in the London Borough of Bexley. It will be located on the south side of Southmere Lake within 10 minutes? walk of the eastern most terminus of the new Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood.
This new state-of-the-art building will serve the needs of new, existing and future communities, with a 21st century library, learning space and potential to accommodate other civic functions, including learning, health and wellbeing spaces. This competition provides an opportunity for creative design solutions to be explored that engage with the l...