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The shortlisted teams for the next stage in the competition to regenerate the former Andersonstown Police Barracks at the junction of Falls Road and Glen Road in west Belfast, are announced today.

Northern Ireland Department for Social Development Belfast Regeneration Office working in partnership with West Belfast Partnership Board (WBPB), PLACE the Architecture & Built Environment Centre and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has confirmed that the following teams have been invited to make design submissions in the second stage of this competition:

Grafton Architects with Adam Kara Taylor and BDSP Partnership
Hawkins Brown Architects with North Seven
Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects with Carmody Groarke
Neils Torp with WDR & RT Taggart
URS Scott Wilson with Hackett Hall McKnight

The Andersonstown Police Station (now demolished) was a looming presence in the area for many years, and its commanding location at the junction of the Falls and Glen Roads in west Belfast provides a first class opportunity to construct a landmark building. The previous concrete watchtowers and walls were dominant features of west Belfast. The Expo Centre will be a venue to showcase the wider regeneration and transformation of west Belfast and a building that will set a new standard in west Belfast in terms of innovation and design.