Teams led by Foster & Partners, Heatherwick Studio and Wilkinson Eyre vying for 鈥渙ne of the most significant design projects in recent British history鈥�
Foster & Partners, Heatherwick Studio and Wilkinson Eyre are among five teams shortlisted by the government in the contest to design a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II.
Two further bids led by landscape architects Tom Stuart-Smith and J&L Gibbons have also made the second round of the open competition
The Cabinet Office has described the permanent 拢46m memorial, which will be located in St James鈥檚 Park, as 鈥渙ne of the most significant design projects in recent British history鈥�.
Shortlist for the Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial
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Foster & Partners with Yinka Shonibare and Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
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Heatherwick Studio with Halima Cassell, MRG Studio, Webb Yates and Arup
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J&L Gibbons with Michael Levine RDI, William Matthews Associates, Structure Workshop and Arup
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Tom Stuart-Smith with Jamie Fobert Architects, Adam Lowe (Factum Arte) and Structure Workshop
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Wilkinson Eyre with Lisa Vandy and Fiona Clark, Andy Sturgeon Design, Atelier One and Hilson Moran
Design teams have been asked to create a masterplan that celebrates the late Queen鈥檚 life of service while providing spaces for reflection on the chosen site, which covers land either side of the pathway leading to the park鈥檚 lake.
Specific interventions will include the replacement of the 1950s Blue Bridge, a statue of the late Queen designed by a sculptor appointed by the winning team, new landscaping and artistic installations.
The winning team will be announced this summer alongside the appointment of the team鈥檚 chosen artist or sculptor, with the final design to be formally announced in April next year to coincide with what would have been Queen Elizabeth鈥檚 100th birthday.
The competition is being run by the The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, chaired by the Queen鈥檚 former private secretary Robin Janvrin, which is working with Malcolm Reading Consultants.
Janvrin has said the memorial 鈥渕ust be - simply - a beautiful place, somewhere to visit with family and friends, to enjoy and to reflect on an extraordinary life鈥�.
Janvrin, a British naval officer who was the Queen鈥檚 private secretary from 1999 to 2007, said teams would be challenged in the second stage to 鈥渆voke memories of Queen Elizabeth II鈥檚 outstanding contribution to national life and to tell the story of Her Majesty鈥檚 long reign through an original masterplan that is sensitive to the unique setting鈥�.
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