{"id":8280,"date":"2014-08-13T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T09:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=8280"},"modified":"2014-08-13T10:10:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T09:10:52","slug":"call-for-entries-competition-for-redesign-of-wimbledon-town-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8280","title":{"rendered":"Call for entries: Competition for redesign of Wimbledon Town Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A competition to redesign Wimbledon Town Centre has been launched by the Design Council, Love Wimbledon BID and Merton Council with a deadline for entries of 15 September 2014<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Two categories are available (\u2018rising stars\u2019 for those starting out in the built environment and \u2018creative communities\u2019 for the local community and other creative practitioners).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Design Council writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nFuture Wimbledon (is an) open competition to envisage what Wimbledon town centre could look like in the next 15 years and contribute to a masterplan that will shape the town\u2019s future.\u00a0 Your submission can take the form of any format you want, whether it is a poem, song, abstract sketch or scale plans and 3D animations.<\/p>\n<p>With the potential arrival of Crossrail 2, this could mean a commute from Wimbledon to London\u2019s West End could take just 12 minutes, encouraging more people to choose\u00a0to live and work there. Ideas should focus around the area of Wimbledon station and show a balance for the community, the place, the people and local businesses.\u00a0What would make it a fantastic place to live and work?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designcouncil.org.uk\/news-opinion\/call-ideas-redesign-wimbledon-town-centre-2030?utm_source=Design%20Council%20Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=0007c4dc47-Pinged42_26_06_2014&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_a2748d9827-0007c4dc47-67077333\" target=\"_blank\">Design Council brief<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View other opportunities and awards at <a href=\"http:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC Awards etc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A competition to redesign Wimbledon Town Centre has been launched by the Design Council, Love Wimbledon BID and Merton Council with a deadline for entries of 15 September 2014. Two categories are available (\u2018rising stars\u2019 for those starting out in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8280\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8280","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\/8280","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8281,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8280\/revisions\/8281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}