FOA - (Foreign Office Architects) design for London 2012 Olympic Stadium
Alejandro Zaera Polo and Farshid Moussavi of Foreign Office Architects
Birmingham City Council have today announced a shortlist of seven architect companies invited to submit their designs for the proposed new central library. The project will cost £193 million. The shortlisted seven are from various countries; four of them have offices in London, two are Dutch; one is Danish. There are no Birmingham-based, or Midlands-based architect companies shortlisted. The Council Cabinet is keen to promote the image of Birmingham as ‘a global city with a local heart.’
The shortlist, in alphabetical order, is as follows:
Foreign Office Architects (Japan/London based)
Foster and Partners (London based)
Hopkins Architects (London based)
Mecanoo (Dutch based)
OMA (Dutch based)
Schmidt Hammer Lassen (Danish based)
Wilkinson Eyre (London based)
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