The six shortlisted proposals for a new building for the Museum of London have been unveiled, including designs by BIG, Caruso St John and Stanton Williams (+ slideshow).
Swiss firm Diener & Diener Architekten and Paris studios Lacaton & Vassal and Studio Milou also made the shortlist for the new museum building at West Smithfield, which will replace the existing facility at the Barbican Estate.
The new 25,000-square-metre building will allow the Museum of London to more than double its one million annual visitors, and to show some of the artefacts from its six-million-piece collection for the first time.
BIG is working with HawkinsBrown, Donald Insall and Gehl Architects
It will take over the sites of several disused Victorian buildings that surround the historic market area, including the former Smithfield General Market, the Fish Market, the Red House and the Engine House.
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Announced in April, each of the six shortlisted entrants leads a team of local architects and consultants. No specific details of their proposals have been shared yet, but competition organiser Malcolm Reading Consultants has revealed two images of each design.
The BIG proposal features a facade with a huge arched window
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG, which has just opened a London office, leads a team that includes Danish urban design firm Gehl Archite...