In considering a suitable development for the site, we have borne in mind the
fact that its contextual coastal stretch of South East England has not benefited from an example of large scale, public, architecture that could be considered world class, since the building of the De La Warr Pavilion in 1935 by the architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff.

There are a number of examples in the region, of smaller, publicly accessible, buildings that could be considered to be of an innovative nature, including:

The Jubilee Library, Brighton. Architect: Nicholas Lomax.


The New Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne. Architect: Rick Mather.

Goodwood Stadium, Goodwood. Architect: Michael Hopkins

The Gridshell Space, Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. Architects: Edward Cullinan Architects.

Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth. Architects: Wilkinson Eyre.