MK:U International Design Competition, Milton Keynes MRC Architecture Contest
Competition for New Model University in Milton Keynes
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8 Feb 2019
Design Competition for New Model University in Milton Keynes
Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, South East England, UK
MK:U International Design Competition
Two-stage competition for first phase of new model university in UK?s fastest-growing city
? Prominent 10-hectare site ? the last major undeveloped site in the city centre
? Shortlist to create an overall masterplan for the site as well as concept designs
? Stage Two honorarium of £30,000 for each of five teams ? Deadline for first-stage responses is 14:00 GMT Wednesday 6 March 2019 MKU Competition:

photo © MRC / Luke Hayes
Milton Keynes Council (MKC) together with Cranfield University and Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) launched the MK:U International Design Competition for a new model university in the Oxford to Cambridge innovation arc.
Beloved by architects as the most original and successful of the mid-twentieth century?s wave of ?New Towns?, and famously ?different by design?, Milton Keynes (MK) has successfully reinvented itself as a ?Smart City? and is a key contributor to the United Kingdom?s knowledge economy.
This success has highlighted the need for a university ? MK is the largest urban area in the UK without its own university ? and to resolve this, MKC and Cranfield Univer...