Marble Arch Mound architect says it should have walked away from project

By Jim Dunton2022-02-08T07:00:00

MVRDV rips into Westminster council and contractor FM Conway over ’loveless execution’ of its designs

The practice responsible for Westminster council’s disastrous Marble Arch Mound attraction has said it should have walked away from the project when the authority lost interest and it was excluded from construction phase talks.

Rotterdam-based architect MVRDV said the project, which went through numerous design changes and became a laughing stock when it opened before it was finished last summer, should have been a celebration of London but became a “loveless installation”.

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