Thirty-nine teams of architects have been accepted into the competition to redevelop the fine arts museum in the Swiss capital of Bern – out of a total of 148 expressions of interest.

Caruso St John, Bjarke Ingels Group, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Stanton Williams and Tony Fretton Architects are among the practices cleared to progress in the fray to reshape the Kunstmuseum Bern, which houses works by Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee.

Stanton Williams will work with Swiss practice GM Architectes on its bid, while Tony Fratton will work with Blättler Dafflon Architekten, which is based in Zurich.

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