The Government of the United Kingdom and competition organizer Malcolm Reading Consultants have announced the ten architect teams selected to envision designs for the new National Memorial to the Holocaust, to be located next to the UK Parliament. Designs will encompass a ?striking? new National Memorial in Victoria Gardens, as well as a possible below ground Learning Center.

Victoria Tower Gardens and Parliament from the Thames. Image © Malcolm Reading Consultants/Emily Whitfield-Wicks

The Government of the United Kingdom and competition organizer Malcolm Reading Consultants have announced the ten architect teams selected to envision designs for the new National Memorial to the Holocaust, to be located next to the UK Parliament. Designs will encompass a ?striking? new National Memorial in Victoria Gardens, as well as a possible below ground Learning Center.The 10 shortlisted teams were selected from nearly 100 entries from teams across the globe by a jury made up of notable figures in British culture, religion and architecture, including Director of Stanton Williams Architects, Paul Williams; former Serpentine Galleries Director Dame Julia Peyton-Jones; and National September 11 Memorial and Museum Director, Alice M Greenwald.
Aerial view of Victoria Tower Gardens. Image © Malcolm Reading Consultants/Emily Whitfield-Wicks

The shortlisted teams are as follows: Adjaye Associates (UK) with designer Ron Arad Associates Allied Works (US) w...