Search for V&A museum contractor to start next year

By Jim Dunton2019-10-17T09:14:00

Concept design for the Museum of Childhood, under De Matos Ryan's proposals.

Source: Pillar Visuals

Group planning to upgrade its Museum of Childhood site in east London

De Matos Ryan has won planning permission for its multimillion-pound proposals to upgrade the V&A Museum of Childhood in east London.

Museum bosses said work on the scheme – which will include the creation of a new entrance, an upgraded Clore Learning Centre, and a kaleidoscope-inspired feature staircase in the grade II* institution’s main hall – would get under way towards the end of next year.

De Matos Ryan beat a shortlist including Heneghan Peng, Jestico & Whiles, Pringle Richards Sharratt, conservation specialists Simpson & Brown Architects and Opera Asterdam to the Bethnal Green job in a competition last year.

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