Promotion: the British Museum in London has launched an international competition to find an architect-led team to work with the institution to develop proposals to redevelop its Western Range.
The central London institution is hunting for an architect-led team to lead the largest building project within its Bloomsbury campus since the Robert Smirke-designed quadrangle was created in the 19th century.
It is looking to find a team to re-envision the Western Range, which contains about a third of the museum's gallery space.
The British Museum is looking to update the Western Range
The open completion is looking to find a team that will work in partnership with the British Museum to develop the 15,000-square-metre site.
"The purpose of this competition is to identify a team the British Museum can work with on a long-term basis to reimagine its Western Range galleries for future generations," said British Museum director of estates and capital projects Russell Torrance. "We want to meet the team with the vision and skill to collaborate"
"Rather than seeking a fixed outcome in the form of a concept design, the competition is structured around exercises that will assess the working methods and approach of the design teams: the competition format allows us to engage with shortlisted teams over an extended period of time and as such we?ve sought to make our requirements accessible and interesting," Torrance continued.
"We want to meet the team wit...