 The three partners-to-be of Chamberlin, Powell and Bon were all lecturers in architecture at Kingston School of Art, and had entered into an agreement that if any of their separate entries won the competition, they would share the commission as a team.The competition was assessed by Donald McMorran, who also designed (in a traditional style) housing for the Corporation of London.An entry from Alison and Peter Smithson was unsuccessful, but received press coverage at the time.