National Museums Liverpool (NML) has issued a new tender for design contracts for the anticipated new Liverpool Slavery Museum a month after its original architect David Adjaye was formally removed from the project over sexual misconduct allegations that were first made public in June.
The announcement was picked up today by UK-based publications. NML says whoever is selected will shepherd the project from the RIBA Plan of Work scale's stage 3 (Spatial Coordination) to the completion stage 7 (Use) in coordination with community partners and the museum. The hope is for whoever takes over the project to complete the planned overhauls of Albert Dock's existing Hartley Pavilion and the Martin Luther King Jr. Building, which houses the new museum. Ralph Appelbaum Associates will remain on as the project’s exhibition designers as well.
Adjaye had already stepped away from the larger waterfront redevelopment project in March but had left with his firm's original £58 million ($71.8 million USD) design for the Slavery Museum remaining under the NML’s auspices. His proposal was part of a winning bid first announced in October of 2021, with Asif Khan, Mariam Kamara, and Theaster Gates rounding out the design team. The Architects' Journal and Building Design both reported the new contract to be worth £1.1 million ($1.36 million), adding that the project is expected to last through the end of 2028.
Firms have until 10 AM GMT on October 6th to submit to the new competition.
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