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

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2

1 SME

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1 awarded

Published

10 Oct 2025

Description

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.

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BM.24.028
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Standalone contract
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services
CPV classifications
71311000
71312000
71320000
71321000
92521100
Contract locations
London

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Quality75%quality
25%price

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