As reported by the Architects' Journal, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP)?the London-based practice led by Richard Rogers?have been selected, "following a developer-led competition," to expand the iconic British Library complex in London ? designed by Colin St. John Wilson in 1962 and eventually completed in 1997. The national library is widely considered to be the largest public building ever constructed in the United Kingdom over the course of the 20th Century. In 2015, the buildings were awarded the highest level of Listed (protection) status.

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As reported by the Architects' Journal, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP)?the London-based practice led by Richard Rogers?have been selected, "following a developer-led competition," to expand the iconic British Library complex in London ? designed by Colin St. John Wilson in 1962 and eventually completed in 1997. The national library is widely considered to be the largest public building ever constructed in the United Kingdom over the course of the 20th Century. In 2015, the buildings were awarded the highest level of Listed (protection) status.The project, which is slated for completion "by 2023" ("in time for the library?s 50th anniversary"), will offer additional galleries, events spaces, a new entrance on Midland Road and space for the Alan Turing Institute. "A new science hub with about 65,000sqm of commercial development s...