{"id":39606,"date":"2024-04-12T16:27:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39606"},"modified":"2024-04-12T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:27:25","slug":"save-and-architects-journal-launch-ideas-competition-for-ms-oxford-street-site-with-restore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39606","title":{"rendered":"SAVE and Architects’ Journal launch ideas competition for M&S Oxford Street site with \u2018re:store\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"SAVE and The Architects’ Journal<\/em> are launching a new ideas competition for alternative uses and the wider revitalisation of the M&S Oxford Street building and its surroundings in London\u2019s West End, with re:store<\/a>!<\/h3>\n
image for illustration:\u00a0Gary Rogers\u00a0\/\u00a0Marks and Spencer<\/a><\/em>\u00a0– Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 The question of how to handle the future of prominent retail buildings\u2026.is being played out….across the UK\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage writes:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0re:store competition<\/a>, which is independent of M&S, seeks to promote debate and ideally create a model for the adaptive re-use of the UK’s multitude of attractive but ageing department store buildings.<\/p>\n

According to the brief, entries should strive to meet five objectives including prioritising whole-life carbon design principles, preserving heritage and recognising the challenges facing the world-famous Oxford Street and potentially other high streets across the country.<\/p>\n

The re:store contest is open to UK-based architects, architectural assistants and architectural students and has a closing date of Wednesday 24th<\/sup>\u00a0April.<\/p>\n

Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, said: “The question of how to handle the future of prominent retail buildings like the M&S store on Oxford Street is being played out in high streets and town centres across the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope this competition will spark fresh and imaginative ideas about new lives for these well-loved city centre landmarks \u2013 fit for a climate-conscious\u00a021st<\/sup>\u00a0century and beyond \u2013 that everyone can benefit from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emily Booth, editor of the AJ, said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to launch this competition with SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage to encourage creative ideas, promote debate and share imaginative approaches for building reuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the face of the climate emergency and pressures on high streets around the country, we hope re:store will act as a catalyst for fresh thinking \u2013 and we look forward to your entries!\u201d<\/p>\n

Up to 20 entries will be selected, with a shortlist of six then chosen to take part in a day-long charette in May. These six will be paid honorariums of \u00a35,000 each to develop their ideas, with no overall winner selected. Entries will be assessed by a distinguished panel of judges including representatives from SAVE and The Architects’ Journal.<\/p>\n

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SAVE and The Architects’ Journal are launching a new ideas competition for alternative uses and the wider revitalisation of the M&S Oxford Street building and its surroundings in London\u2019s West End, with re:store! image for illustration:\u00a0Gary Rogers\u00a0\/\u00a0Marks and Spencer\u00a0– Commons … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39607,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39606\/revisions\/39607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}