Jamie Fobert Architects has been appointed to lead design work on an upgrade to the Royal Observatory Greenwich ahead of the historic centre’s 350^th anniversary in 2025.

Fobert, who was named Building Design’s Architect of the Year in 2019 and also triumphed in the the awards’ Public Building Architect category, will work with heritage specialist Purcell on the project to deliver new galleries and other site improvements.

Royal Museums Greenwich launched the hunt for design teams to revitalise the south London attraction’s visitor experience in August last year, offering a fee of £450,000 for the design work. At the time, the operator said the project could potentially involve the introduction of a new structure next to Allies & Morrison’s 2007 planetarium.

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