RSHP has revealed its proposals for a new-build museum for the Bayeux Tapestry at the 17^th-century seminary in northern France where the artwork is currently on display.

The practice won a design competition for the €38m (£32.5m) project last spring and describes its urban and architectural plans as an “unequivocally contemporary” addition to the existing complex at Bayeux.

RSHP said that while the former seminary’s architectural features would be preserved, restored and enhanced, the project would not return the building to a former “original” state.

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