Folkestone

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Architect Tibbalds TM2 has produced a masterplan to transform Folkestone’s historic harbour. The Folkestone Comprehensive Development Framework was carried out for Shepway District Council and the South East Economic Development Agency.

On a much smaller scale, the Kent Architecture Centre worked with local businessman Tony Pye to hold a design competition for Chummy’s, a seafood store in the harbourside at Folkestone. Cromer-based architect James Bond won the competition.

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