Barbican Renewal

This renewal project will consider the Barbican building in its entirety. It will explore how we can adapt the Barbican’s spaces and venues to improve the experience of audiences and visitors at every point of their journey, from the sense of welcome and belonging on arrival to major improvements to wayfinding and look and feel across the building.

Description
The Barbican Centre is one of London's most ambitious and unique architectural achievements; it is a global icon of brutalist architecture, renowned for its scale of ambition and consistency of design.
The Barbican's development was a visionary project, with architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon seizing the opportunity to propose a radical transformation of how we live. We're seeking a team that can work in a similarly bold and creative way to deliver an exemplar to the world of how a heritage building can be renewed.
There's a pressing need to make changes to the Barbican building so that it continues to meet the needs of 21st century artists, audiences and communities. We're looking for a team that can develop design solutions that will preserve and respect the complex's original architectural vision and heritage, while adapting it to respond to the creative opportunities and urgent challenges of today's world.

Jury
Not yet announced

Prize
An honorarium of £20,000 will be provided to each of the five shortlisted bidders.

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Invitations to tender issued: mid-November 2021
Bidders information event: late November (exact date TBC)
Deadline for Tender Submissions: December 2021
Interviews: January 2022
Design team appointed: February 2022

Organizer
The City of London Corporation

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