AwardedUnited KingdomServices£47,477,472
British Museum Western Range Competition to find an Architect-Led Design Team
- Published
- Published 10 October 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 10 September 2025
Overview
Please note this is a Contract Award Notice to announce the conclusion of the procurement it is not a new opportunity.
The British Museum is delighted to launch this international competition to choose a visionary, architect-led design team to work with the Museum to develop an extraordinary design for a significant part of its Bloomsbury site: The Western Range.
This is an important commission to re-envisage and transform key parts of the main, iconic site in Bloomsbury. This will be the Museum's biggest building project since the 1820s, when work commenced on the original quadrangle.
The ambition is significant: to restore the Western Range and, in so doing, reimagine a third of the existing gallery area, deliver improved collections storage and create new amenities to enhance the visitor experience, making the collection as accessible as possible to all the Museum's audiences.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Awarded
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £47,477,472
- Procedure
- Selective
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 10 October 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Architectural and related services
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £28,286,352
- Award date
- 10 September 2025
- Contract period
- 11 September 2025 → 31 March 2036
- Lina Gotmeh
- Ove Arup & Partners Limited
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract Award Notice
10 October 2025
Contracting authority
The Trustees of the British Museum
BuyerLondon, United Kingdom
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