Frank Gehry, the California-based architect of the futuristic Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, has been given the go ahead to design his first building in England. Mr Gehry's proposals for four amorphous tower blocks and a leisure complex were selected by Brighton and Hove council yesterday to replace a 1930s sports centre on the Hove seafront.

King Alfred development

The council's decision is the latest to attempt to use landmark architecture as a focus for regeneration, following similar attempts by Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle. The scheme, designed in partnership with British architect and broadcaster Piers Gough, is aimed at boosting the prominence of Hove compared with its higher-profile neighbour Brighton. read full article here