Foster + Partners with artist Yinka Shonibare and landscape architect Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
Heatherwick Studio with sculptor Halima Cassell, landscape architecture practice MRG Studio, engineering consultant Webb Yates, and Arup
Landscape architecture practice J&L Gibbons with set designer Michael Levine, architecture studio Williams Matthews Associates, engineering consultant Structure Workshop, and Arup
Landscape architect and garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith with J amie Fobert Architects , artist Adam Lowe of Factum Arte, and Structure Workshop
WilkinsonEyre with artists Lisa Vandy and Fiona Clark, garden designer Andy Sturgeon, structural engineering firm Atelier One, and multidisciplinary consultancy Hilson Moran.
Each of the five finalist teams now must submit a design concept by this spring; a winning team will be announced in the summer following review of each concept by the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee’s selection panel. “Design teams have been asked to create a memorial master plan that celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordinary life of service and provides a space for pause and reflection,” elaborates a formal announcement. “The designs will also be assessed against wider criteria, including value for money, placemaking, and visitor experience.
Once the winning team is announced, a sculptor or artist chosen by the committee to create a figurative representation of the Queen will be added to the mix.
A final design will be revealed in the summer of 2026, coinciding with what would have been Queen Elizabeth’s 100th birthday.
The future memorial will be realized at St. James Park in an area near where the Mall, a royal road running from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace, passes by Marlborough Gate. The location was selected due to its “proximity to the ceremonial route of the Mall, its historical and constitutional significance, and personal connection to Queen Elizabeth.”
While the shortlist doesn’t include any major curveballs, the inclusion of Foster + Partners has prompted British media outlets to mention, in hyperbolic terms , Norman Foster’s past criticism of King Charles. The King is not involved in the selection process.
Described as one of the most significant public design initiatives in modern British history, the memorial project has a provisional construction budget of roughly $58 million.
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