National Museums Liverpool has appointed Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios to lead architectural design work for the £57m redevelopment of the city’s International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum.

The appointment comes after Adjaye Associates was removed from the project in August last year following a series of sexual misconduct allegations against David Adjaye, which the 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient has denied.

NML said at the time that it would run an “accelerated process” to find a replacement architect for the redevelopment of the museums, both of which are based at Liverpool’s grade I-listed Royal Albert Dock – which was designed by Jesse Hartley.

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