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<p>On 14 September 2016 a press release from the Department of Communities and Local
Government and the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation announced the start of an architectural
design competition for the new Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens. The press
release explained that design teams were invited to submit initial expressions of
interest in the project, with shortlisted teams then submitting 2-part designs, the
first fulfilling the minimum commitment of a striking new national memorial, and the
second including the below-ground learning centre to be taken forward subject to technical,
financial, planning or other constraints.</p><p>Following the successful conclusion
of the design competition, a further press release on 24 October 2017 announced that
Adjaye Associates, Ron Arad Architects and the landscape architects Gustafson Porter
+ Bowman had been selected to design the UK’s new Holocaust Memorial and a co-located
Learning Centre.</p><p> </p>
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