UK Government has launched an open search today for a team to create a design masterplan to honour The Late Queen
- Competition welcomes architect-led multidisciplinary teams to submit details of profile, team composition, and experience. No design is required at first stage
- Finalist teams to create concept masterplans for site within St James’s Park, London
- Deadline 14:00 GMT, 20 January, 2025
Leading artists, architects and engineers can express their interest in designing the masterplan for the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen Elizabeth Memorial will be one of the most significant design projects in recent British history and will provide the nation with a permanent memorial to the UK’s longest-serving monarch.
The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, chaired by The Late Queen’s former Private Secretary, Lord Janvrin, is working with competition specialists at Malcolm Reading Consultants to identify a team of inspired and dedicated artists, architects, engineers, and landscape architects and other specialists who would be interested in designing the project.
The Committee is urging creatives interested in designing the masterplan for the Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan Design Competition to submit a twelve-page Expression of Interest via the online form.
Full details of the project and how to enter the competition are available on the dedicated competition website: competitions.malcolmreading.com/queenelizabethmemorial
Details of the Selection Panel can also be found in the Competition Conditions available on the website.
The first stage of the two-stage competition opens on12 December 2024 and closes at 14:00 GMT on 20 January 2025. Subsequently, there will be a ten-week design stage for a shortlist of five competitors. No design work is required at stage one.