Shortlisted as part of 'All-Star' National Museums Liverpool Waterfront Contest

JA Projects and BIG alongside a wider multi-disciplinary team, have been shortlisted to reimagine the public realm that serves the Museum of Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum and the International Slavery Museum.

The site sits at the heart of Liverpool’s UNESCO World Heritage Site and includes the Canning Graving Docks, which in the past fitted out, cleaned, and repaired ships used in the transatlantic slave trade, which was central to Liverpool’s economy at the time.

The finalists were chosen from more than 30 applicants by a jury chaired by Liverpool City Region design champion and AHMM co-founder Paul Monaghan. The other judges included NML chair David Henshaw; BBC Radio Merseyside producer and presenter Ngunan Adamu; and Blackfest artistic director Jubeda Khatun. The competition was led by Colander Associates.

The six finalists will now each receive a £10,000 honorarium and £5,000 to deliver an interactive installation on the Canning Dock waterfront during the next phase of the competition. An appointment is expected to be made in late September.

Full shortlist

BIG and JA Projects: with Peter Adjaye; CAVA Institute; Beyond the Box; Poor Collective; Futurecity; LDA Design; AKT II; Hilson Moran; Gardiner & Theobald

Arup with KCAP, NOOMA Studio, Carve, K2, f.r.a, Rianna Jade Parker, Writing on the Wall, PLACED, Rob Burns, Andrea Nixon, Ray Costello, Abigail Bernard, Anthony Walker Foundation

Asif Khan Architects with David Adjaye, Theaster Gates, Mariam Kamara, Plan A Consulting, Prior + Partners, The Place Bureau, Hara Design Institute, AKT II, Arup, Donald Insall Associates

DSDHA with Benedetti Architects; Speirs Major; Stantec; Resolve Collective; Neal Shasore; Turley; Hood Design Studio (USA); Gardiner & Theobald

OMMX with Resolve Collective; Create; Lily Mellor; JCLA Landscape Architecture; Kellenberger-White; Jane Wentworth Associates; Arup; Focus Consultants

Shedkm with PLACED; Kaizen; Place & Context; Grant Associates; Expedition

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Read the full Architects Journal article here.