In pictures: Parliament's temporary home revealed

By Jim Dunton2019-05-08T12:16:00

The temporary House of Commons chamber, designed by AHMM

Source: Forbes Massie Studio

Lendlease was appointed to build AHMM’s scheme last year

Parliament has today released images of AHMM’s “temporary” chamber that MPs will use while the Palace of Westminster undergoes its long-planned refurbishment, led by BDP.

Controversially, House of Commons business will relocate to a redeveloped Richmond House, on Whitehall, while the House of Lords will sit at the QEII Centre.

Architectural heritage campaigners object to the destruction of all but the façade of grade II-listed Richmond House, the 1987 former Department of Health headquarters.

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