Professional Practice
Grenfell Tower Memorial
Date: 8/13/2024 - 9/18/2024
Type: Competitions / Awards
Location(s): International
Description:
The Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have launched the process to select the team that will design the future memorial on the site of Grenfell Tower.
This is a significant step in the Memorial Commission’s journey to create a bold, fitting, and lasting memorial to remember the 72 victims who lost their lives in, and those whose lives were forever changed by, the devastating Grenfell Tower fire.
Teams are being asked to demonstrate their relevant, professional and specialist expertise including architecture, landscape architecture, and structural and mechanical engineering. Teams must also have strong experience of working collaboratively with communities.
A shortlist of up to five teams will be notified in the autumn. These teams will be asked by the Commission to prepare the design approach they would take if appointed. With direct input from the Grenfell community, the final team is expected to be selected and announced in spring 2025. It is anticipated that the memorial design should be sufficiently developed, in partnership with the community, to allow for a planning application in 2027.