RIBA Re-Imagining Railway Stations Competition, Buildings, Architects Shortlist News
Re-Imagining Railway Stations Design Competition
20 November 2020
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Five triumph as next phase of RIBA railway station design competition is announced
Friday 20 November 2020 – Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have revealed the names of the five design practices selected to compete in the next phase of their competition to shape the future of Britain?s railway stations.
Entrants to the competition were asked to reimagine small to medium-sized stations, which make up 80% of all those on Britain?s railway. More than 200 submissions were received, from designers based in 34 different countries.
Five will go through to the next stage (listed in alphabetical order): Atkins, London with PRD Ltd.

Miguel Angel Carrasco Arquitetura, Rio de Janeiro

Pascall+Watson Ltd., London

7N Architects, Edinburgh

WORKSHOP Architecture, Toronto
The selected practices will now develop their proposals for final judging in February 2021. At the end of that process, up to three will be chosen to be taken forward for development.
Representative example of an existing small-medium sized railway station:

image courtesy of architects
Commenting on the announcement, Anthony Dewar, Head of Buildings and Architecture at Network Rail, said: ?At the launch of the competition we were hoping to receive some creative and forward-thinking design...