Contract award · 11 Sep 2025

British Museum Western Range Competition to find an Architect-Led Design Team

The Trustees of the British Museum awarded “British Museum Western Range Competition to find…” to Lina Gotmeh, Ove Arup & Partners Limited.

Architecture & engineeringLondon

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
The Trustees of the British Museum · Body governed by public law
Value
Not published
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Sector
Architecture & engineering · Civil engineering consultancy services (CPV 71311000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date11 Sep 2025
  2. Published10 Oct 2025Published 29 days after the contract date

Description

Please note this is a Contract Award Notice to announce the conclusion of the procurement it is not a new opportunity. SCOPE OF SERVICES The primary aim of this project is to enhance the visitor experience and offer the Museum a series of renewed gallery and collection storage spaces that allow the extraordinary permanent collections to be cared for, researched and displayed for modern audiences. Importantly the Museum is also looking to resolve the current problems it is facing of an overcomplex and constricted site with a dilapidating building stock that is poorly suited to its requirements. The complexity of the site and the scope of work requires the appointed design team to include many different skills, possibly from different organisations. There are three key strands to the work: BUILDING DESIGN The new Western Range will include gallery spaces, visitor welfare and circulation facilities, collection stores and research spaces. Each element will need to be sensitively designed …

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