British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has been appointed to lead the architectural design for the redevelopment of Liverpool's International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum.
The redevelopment is a part of the larger Waterfront Transformation Project and was originally supposed to be led by British studio Adjaye Associates.
However, the studio was dropped from the project in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against its founder David Adjaye.
The architectural design of the £58 million redevelopment will now be led by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS).
It will centre on the Dr Martin Luther King Jr building, which will become the new entrance to the International Slavery Museum, and the Hartley Pavilion.
This will be redesigned to have better circulation and "enhanced" commercial facilities, the museum said. The museums are located on Liverpool's waterfront. Image (above and top) by Ant Clausen
"FCBS are excited and humbled by the invitation to join the NML team and to lead the architectural transformation of these museums," FCBS partner Kossy Nnachetta, who will lead the redevelopment, said.
"We understand that there is huge responsibility to help create a platform to tell this story, long whispered, yet still awaiting the space to fully express itself; and all the potent, deep-seated emotions it can elicit," she added.
"We hope to help create something bold and yet beautiful. The result of 'many hands' working toget...