Washington’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has released the six finalists that will be competing to win the commission to design the the new National Museum of African American History and Culture.
 | Devrouax & Purnell Architects/Planners, P.C, and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects, led by Marshall Purnell | |
 | Diller Scofidio + Renfro in association with KlingStubbins, led by architects Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio and Charles Renfro | |
 | Foster + Partners of London and URS, a joint venture led by Norman Foster | |
 | Freelon Adjaye Bond in association with SmithGroup, led by David Adjaye | |
 | Moody Nolan Inc. in association with Antoine Predock Architect PC, led by Curtis J. Moody and Antoine Predock | |
 | Moshe Safdie with Sultan Campbell Britt & Associates |
The location of the new museum, between the Washington Monument and the Capitol, is expected attract a tremendous amount of attention to the proposals. The winning team is expected to complete the project in 3 years, with a planned start date in 2012. A winner will be selected in mid-April of this year by an 11-member jury including Robert Kogod, a Smithsonian regent and president of Charles E. Smith Management; Adela Naude Santos, dean of the MIT school of architecture; Richard D. Parsons, co-chair of the African American museum’s council and former chairman of Time Warner; and two former chairmen of Fannie Mae, James A. Johnson and Franklin D. Raines.
subscribe 
Email this