One of the UK’s most popular art institutions is inviting architects to take to the drawing boards for a new redesign of the Tate’s Liverpool campus. 

The museum is now officially looking for an architect to spearhead its £25 million ($34 million) refurbishment announced last week after the effort finally received £10 million ($13.6 million) in public funding in October. 

The overhaul will reportedly yield an increase in usability as well as enhancements of the site’s visual presence among the waterfront and Albert Dock complex. A brief provided by the museum also details a desire to create a plan for the galleries that is both “flexible and inviting” and promises to address core areas like wayfinding and ventilation in a manner that will have it fit for use for another thirty years.

According to a press statement, the Tate’s trustees are “seeking an architect to reimagine the gallery spaces to meet the scale and ambition of today's most exciting artists, while creating social spaces that better connect with the city and its communities.” It will be done at a time when change is needed for the 34-year-old James Sterling-designed Grade I-listed former warehouse building. The museum is the third most visited Tate location thanks to a successful program that has recently included names like Arthur Jafa and Theaster Gates. 

The deadline to respond to the Tate’s tender is February 4th at noon. A shortlist of candidates will follow quickly on March 18th. Plans are expected to be complete by 2025. More information about applying can be found here.