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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Architects asked to design ‘powerful’ memorial to Grenfell Tower victims

People look at a memorial wall next to the Grenfell Tower
A memorial wall next to the Grenfell Tower in west London. A permanent memorial is planned for the site where 72 people died in a fire in 2017. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Architects are being invited to compete to design a “powerful” memorial to the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster, which will feature the names of those who died in the fire and be of “significant stature”.

A design brief was published on Wednesday starting a search for firms from the UK or abroad to draft concepts for a “bold” memorial set in a garden, which should be “exceptional and heartfelt, a poignant reminder and powerful homage to those at the heart of the tragedy”.

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