The London School of Economics and Political Science has launched an international competition to design its first net zero carbon building in what will be one of the hottest contests of 2022.

The competition, which is being run in conjunction with the RIBA, will result in a new building at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the last major project on the Aldwych campus for some time.

The LSE is upgrading its entire estate and has earnt itself a reputation as an enlightened architectural patron with the nearly completed Marshall building by Grafton Architects, RSHP’s Centre building and O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Saw Swee Hock student centre.

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