Big Name Semi-Finalists for the St. Petersburg Pier Design Competition

Six New York City firms were selected, including BIG, which Saitowitz said had designs of past projects that were "jaw dropping."

On Friday, a five-member panel narrowed down a list of 23 firms and teams competing to design a new $ 50 million Pier to nine semifinalists. They are:

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  West 8 Urban Design, New York City


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  Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles


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  BIG, New York City


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  James Corner Field Operations, New York City


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  HOK, Tampa


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  Frederic Schwartz, New York City


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  Weiss/Manfredi Architectural/Landscape/Urbanism, NYC


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  Farshid Moussavi Architecture, London


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  !melk Urban Design, NYC