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“Revealed: Double winners in Royal Park fountains contest”, The Architect’s Journal

Moxon Architects and Robin Monotti Architects with Mark Titman have both been named as winners in the contest to design the ‘next generation’ of drinking fountains in London’s eight Royal Parks

Moxon’s ‘design-led’ proposal, a robust bronze fountain dubbed the Trumpet, and Monotti’s ‘art-led’ design, a Cornish granite called Watering Holes, were chosen from more than 150 entries from 26 countries.

According to the contest organisers the Royal Parks Foundation and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the standard of entries into The Ultimate Drinking Fountain competition was so high the nine-strong judging panel decided to name two winners.

Because there was ‘no off-the-shelf drinking fountain’ suitable for The Royal Parks Grade I-listed landscapes, the charity launched an international competition to find a ‘simple, practical and aesthetically pleasing design’.

Robin Monotti said: ‘This is project where you can have more than one winner because there is more than one site.’

Richard Waite, 8/11/10

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