The British Museum reveals the architect who sets its main renewal

The British Museum chose the Lina Gottie Company, born in Lina Gottieh, redesigning its western exhibitions, a major renewal project for historical buildings on the western side of the museum complex.

Renewal comes as part of the “main plan”, which is a long -term strategic framework for modernizing aging buildings in the museum while preserving its historical structure. in press releaseThe museum ignited the Western Domain project as “one of the largest cultural renovations that took place anywhere in the world.”

Lina Gottie-Architectural engineering, the company, was chosen after a harsh competition for nine months in which more than 60 teams were applied. From there, five contestants were included in the brief list in front of a jury consisting of ten people, led by the head of the museum’s board of directors, George Osborne, chosen unanimously LG-A.

A picture presented by Lina Gottie as part of a competition to redesign the western domain of the British Museum. The picture is courtesy from the British Museum

“My team and I are happy to start this trip to renew the western scope of the British Museum. Gottie said in a statement,” This competition was an exciting process formed by dialogue and multiple voices. “

The British Museum explained that Ghotmeh was seen as a deep understanding of the museum and an approach to the architectural design that “resonated” with the jury committee after the project resembles archaeological digging, which is a metaphor to look at the building’s past to support its re -imagination.

“We started finding the best and I think we found it,” Osborne said in a statement. “In Lina Gottie, we have an architect that combines a deep sensitivity to the history of our great group while it is a voice for the future.”

A picture presented by Lina Gottie as part of a competition to redesign the western domain of the British Museum. The picture is courtesy from the British Museum

Osborne said that the jury had received “many distinguished posts”, but Goethe was “the distinguished winner.”

“Its design ideas are enthusiastic,” he said. “When they become real buildings and exhibitions, we know that they will arouse and incite our millions of visitors.”

The British Museum indicated that the award -winning architect “Not Strange for Important Communities” after she completed the Hermès Leather Workshop in Louvies, which was opened in 2023 and the Estonian National Museum in Tarto.

Lina Gottie and Nicholas Colinn in the western range of the British Museum. The picture is a courtesy of the British Museum’s trustees

“Lina Gottie is an architect of extraordinary grace,” said Nicholas Colinan, director of the British Museum at the British Museum. “Their team’s proposals showed an exceptional architectural vision and physical sensitive to the British Museum, and its” archaeological “approach clearly understood that this project is the intellectual transformation as much as the architectural transformation.”

LG-A will now work with the museum to create a final design for its participation with the audience by mid-2016.