RIBA Competition
The first stage of the RIBA design competition attracted 114 Expressions of Interest and the shortlist was selected from an extremely high calibre field of responses.
6a Architects:
Niall McLaughlin Architects:
Terry Pawson Architects:
Witherford Watson Mann Architects:
The short-listing and final decision involved representatives from the Lakeland Arts Trust, together with Stuart McKnight (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects) acting as the RIBA Architect Adviser, Roger Tempest (Rural Conceps Group), Kim Wilkie (Kim Wilkie Associates), and Ellis Woodman (Editor, Building Design Magazine).
The second stage of the competition sought design concepts for this unique project, in which the shortlist had to take into account the requirement of displaying the boats and other items in the collection in the exhibition space and wet dock, and enabling visitors to see the boats being restored in the conservation workshop, as well as designing an appropriate facility for the stunning location to provide a world-class visitor experience.
View images from all eight concept designs for the Museum here.
The architects that made the the short-list were:
6a Architects:
6a Architects was founded by Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald in 2001 after meeting at the Royal College of Art and has become one of the leading young architectural practices in the UK. The practice has developed a particular reputation for contemporary arts and education projects in sensitive environments.
Adam Khan Architects:
Adam Khan Architects was formed in 2006 and has established a diverse portfolio of projects at landscape, building and furniture scales united by the desire for an open, communicative architecture that transcends social and cultural boundaries.
Carmody Groarke:
Carmody Groarke are an award-winning, London-based architectural studio who have a reputation for a very diverse portfolio of work for public and private clients in the UK and overseas.
Niall McLaughlin Architects:
Niall McLaughlin Architects is a practice which designs high quality modern architecture. We put a strong emphasis on the inventive use of building materials, the qualities of light and the relationship between a building and its surroundings.
Reiach and Hall Architects:
Reiach and Hall Architects were founded in 1965 and are based in Edinburgh.
Reiach and Hall have recently completed the new civic headquarters for Dundee City Council and the Alloa Campus for Forth Valley College.
Sutherland Hussey Architects:
Sutherland Hussey is an award-winning architectural practice that was established in Edinburgh, in 1996. Over the last fifteen years Sutherland Hussey has developed a reputation for high quality design.
Terry Pawson Architects:
Terry Pawson Architects is a London based architect, whose portfolio of recent projects include the design for the competition winning new Opera House in Linz, Austria, scheduled for completion in 2013; and the award winning Centre for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre in Carlow, Ireland.
Witherford Watson Mann Architects:
Witherford Watson Mann Architects make buildings that are durable and generous, responding to unconventional institutions and their historically layered sites. We have transformed factory buildings for Amnesty International, a Victorian public library for the Whitechapel Gallery, and a retail shell for the Arts Council England: in each case we formed vivid new spaces out of ‘found’ elements and self-confident new construction, making places that support sociability and collective culture.
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