Londoners have been asked to come up with alternative visions for the regeneration of Paddington at the site of an axed skyscraper.
Plans for the “Paddington Pole” were withdrawn in January by Sellar Property Group after a public outcry against the 830ft, 72-storey tower.
The company and its architect Renzo Piano designed The Shard and are drawing up a new plan for the former Royal Mail sorting office.
However, the Create Streets community-based urban design group launched a competition for more “people-friendly” visions.
Director Nicholas Boys Smith expected five proposals by yesterday’s deadline and a winner is due to be announced next week, with the judging panel including two Westminster councillors.
Entrants were asked to consider an area larger than the 0.76-acre site and produce a design “popular with residents, whilst providing new homes”.
One entry, a scheme called Brunel Place, was drawn up by local residents with the help of architects JTP and the charity Civic Voice. It would retain the façade of the former sorting office as the “front door” to a cultural, leisure and shopping complex.
A spokesman for Sellar Property said it had no comment.
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