The Museum of London has announced the six architecture teams that are shortlisted to design a new museum in West Smithfield. The international competition was organized by Malcolm Reading Consultants and has a budget of £130-150 million. The museum will help preserve and regenerate a historic part of London, relaunch the recently popular museum, and protect a series of heritage buildings.

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The Museum of London has announced the six architecture teams that are shortlisted to design a new museum in West Smithfield. The international competition was organized by Malcolm Reading Consultants and has a budget of £130-150 million. The museum will help preserve and regenerate a historic part of London, relaunch the recently popular museum, and protect a series of heritage buildings.
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Almost 80 international teams submitted proposals for the first round of the competition, with the shortlisted teams being selected by a jury for criteria that included relevant skills and experience on cultural projects.The short listed teams, in alphabetical order are: BIG (Bjarke Ingles Group) with Hawkins/Brown, Donald Insall and Gehl Architects Caruso St. John Architects with Alan Baxter Associates Diener & Diener Architekten with Sergison Bates Architects, East Architecture and Graphic Thought Facility Lacaton & Vassal Architectes with Pernilla Ohrstedt Studio Stanton Williams with Asif Khan, Julian Ha...