Shortlist announced for Victoria & Albert Museum in Dundee

An international competition for the £47 million scheme was launched by Design Dundee – which includes the V&A, the city council and the Dundee University – back in January and attracted more than 120 bids.

Now a final shortlist has been drawn up with each team being asked to produce design concepts ahead of a winner being announced later this summer.

Steven Holl Architects which bagged the deal to design the Glasgow School of Art last year in another international competition has made the cut along with another New York-based firm REX – which was created out of OMA’s office back in 2006.

Local firm Sutherland Hussey Architects, Japanese practice Kengo Kuma & Associates, Oslo-based Snohetta, which has teamed up with Gareth Hoskins, and Viennese architect Delugan Meissel Associated Architects complete the list.

Most of the teams have linked up with UK firms to help them work up designs for the building which will be built at Craig Harbour on the banks of the river Tay.

V&A director Mark Jones said: “This is a particularly strong shortlist which promises to produce an outstanding building.”

The V&A at Dundee is due to open in 2014, hosting a range of exhibition and events with some of the content provided by the V&A. Funding will come from the Scottish government, other public bodies and private donations.

A feasibility study on the scheme predicted it would attract 500,000 visitors a year, create up to 900 jobs and pump in close to £6 million into the wider Scottish economy.