Shortlisted Masterplan Architects
BDP (Building Design Partnership)
BDP is Europe's largest interdisciplinary design practice of architects, engineers and designers. Previous projects include the Masterplan and buildings for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, the Olympic Tennis Centre Athens, the Grand National Project Aintree and the BBC Mailbox.
BDP's Hampden Gurney Primary School was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2002 and they were voted Housing Architect of the Year in the Building Design Architect of the Year Awards 2007.
David Chipperfield Architects
David Chipperfield Architects was founded in 1984 and boasts an international portfolio of architecture, masterplanning and interior design projects. Their designs for the America’s Cup Building in Valencia and the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany were both shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2007 with the latter chosen as the winner.
Current projects include the Masterplan of Museum Island in Berlin, and the soon to be completed 280,000 square metre City of Justice in Barcelona.
Dixon Jones
Dixon Jones has a wide range of architectural experience, winning many national and international competitions and awards for high-profile projects, most notably the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1984 and the Venice Bus Station in 1991.
In 1998 Dixon Jones was commissioned as masterplanner for the National Gallery. The work of the practice over the last 20 years has been mainly involved with arts, university buildings and retail.
Herzog & de Meuron
Pritzker Prize winning Herzog & Meuron was formed in 1978 by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
The Basel based international practice includes Tate Modern, London (2000) followed by the current development for Transforming Tate Modern (2012); the National Stadium for the Olympic Games of 2008 in Beijing (under construction); the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg (2010); and the transformation of the Central Police Station Compound in Hong Kong (2012), amongst their portfolio.
Hopkins Architects
Founded in 1976 by RIBA Gold medallists Michael and Patty Hopkins, Hopkins Architects’ award-winning buildings include Glyndebourne Opera House, Portcullis House/Westminster Station, and Evelina Children’s Hospital (Stirling Prize “People’s Choice” winner 2006).
Additional architectural and masterplanning experience in sports venue design was gained in 1987 with the Mound Stand at Lord’s, Hampshire County Cricket Club’s Rose Bowl and the National Tennis Centre for the Lawn Tennis Association in 2007.
In 2007 Hopkins Architects won two major international architectural competitions: the new Cyprus Cultural Centre in Nicosia (2012) and the design of the Velopark for the London 2012 Olympic Games.