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New Covent Garden Market Master Plan
Development in South London, UK – design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) Architects
29 Nov 2018
New Covent Garden Market Master Plan
New Covent Garden Market Master Plan AIA Award
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), Architects
New Covent Garden Market Master Plan wins in the AIA International Region Awards 2018
London, UK – Skidmore, Owings and Merrill?s (SOM) master plan for New Covent Garden Market has won the Merit Award for Excellence in Urban Design at the prestigious American Institute of Architects (AIA) International Region Awards 2018.

SOM?s ANew Covent Garden Market Master Plan sees the 57-acre site reimagined to drive the regeneration of the area, delivering new residential development and a repositioned, modern and fit-for-purpose market facility. The master plan was delivered for clients Vinci St. Modwen (VSM) and the Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) and represents the largest development in London?s Nine Elms regeneration area. The master plan offers more than 20 acres of surplus land for residential-led, mixed-use development, securing the new fruit, vegetable and flower market facility?s future in the local neighbourhood on a cost-neutral basis. The plan also ensures the retention of a key local employment zone providing more than 2,500 directly employed jobs.

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