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V&A East to hold design competition for Stratford galleries

By 2021-12-15T06:00:00

V&A East Museum tops out in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Dec 2021 (c) Victoria and Albert Museum

Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

News comes as O’Donnell & Tuomey museum tops out

V&A East will run a design competition next year to find architects for the galleries at its new Stratford museum.

Claire McKeown, V&A East project director, said they would be looking for “world-class architects”.

The news comes as the museum, designed by O’Donnell & Tuomey, reached its full height of 42.5m. The five-storey museum’s steel structure, with its complex geometry, is also now complete. It weighs 1,600 tonnes and comprises 2,051 pieces.

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