Foster and Partners has been chosen as the favoured architects to design Pelham Square.
Their concept design went on show with two others at an exhibition during October. Of the 2,000 visitors to the exhibition, more than half were in favour of Foster's spectacular design idea. A panel made up of Pelham Crescent residents, Castle Ward Forum, Hastings Borough Council, English Heritage, The Regional Design Panel, Arts Council England (South East) and Hastings & Bexhill Task Force made the selection at the end of November.
Council Leader Jeremy Birch was involved in the selection. He said:
"There was overwhelming support for Foster's design. They will now work up a detailed design over the coming months in discussion with the community, Council and Task Force. This design will be subject to a planning application in Summer 2004.
"We need to attract visitors, new investment, new jobs and better-paid employment and staying as we are, even with the potentially impressive buildings we have around us, still leaves Hastings as the most deprived town in the South East.
"We need bold physical statements that say Hastings is no longer the town known by some from outside for its dereliction, shabbiness and decline. We need them to see it is the town that is transforming, using the very best of current design to complement the very best of our existing buildings. On Pelham it is the belief that the Foster concept is best placed to do this."
Left: aerial view of Foster and Partners design
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