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Northwestern University has launched a new selection process with MRC to identify potential architect/engineer (A/E) par...
01/04/2026

Northwestern University has launched a new selection process with MRC to identify potential architect/engineer (A/E) partners to design a future engineering research building on its Evanston campus.

US-based firms are invited to express their interest in being considered by the deadline of 12:00 PM CDT on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

Follow the link for further information, and to access the interest registration form.

https://malcolmreading.com/news/northwestern-university-launches-search-for-future-design-team-with-malcolm-reading-consultants

The Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site (the Foundation) announced today that the m...
10/02/2026

The Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site (the Foundation) announced today that the multi-disciplinary team led by Níall McLaughlin Architects (NMLA) has won the international competition for a new museum at Bethany, Jordan.

The announcement concludes the six-month invited competition to find an outstanding architect-led team to deliver a design for an exemplary new museum dedicated to the history and significance of baptism in the Christian tradition.

The winning concept was praised for its flair for multi-layered and immersive storytelling that focuses on communicating baptism’s power to offer spiritual renewal and new life.

The competition, run by Malcolm Reading Consultants, brought together a shortlist of seven international studios and an Advisory Panel of thought leaders in architecture, landscape, museums and heritage.

Together with landscape architect Kim Wilkie and exhibition design developed by Nissen Richards Studio, the proposal shows sensitivity to its surroundings and the adjacent UNESCO site.

The Foundation will now work closely with the winning team to advance the design in coordination with UNESCO and in partnership with local communities and other stakeholders.

Due to open in 2030 to mark the bimillennial of Christ’s baptism, the museum will be a globally significant spiritual and cultural landmark.

Follow the link in bio for more information and to view the winning concept in the Finalists’ Gallery.

Images courtesy of Níall McLaughlin Architects.

As we come to the end of the year, we reflect on some of our past competitions which were realised in 2025:2. In May, th...
18/12/2025

As we come to the end of the year, we reflect on some of our past competitions which were realised in 2025:

2. In May, the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing reopened following its sensitive redesign by Selldorf Architects. MRC wrote the design brief and ran the selection process in 2020-21.

3. In London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Sadlers Wells East dance theatre opened in February. MRC ran the original ‘Olympicopolis’ competition for the East Bank project in 2014-15.

4. In September, the Chancery Rosewood Hotel, London, opened. David Chipperfield Architects were chosen to transform Eero Saarinen’s 1960 US Embassy through MRC’s 2015 competition.

5. The inaugural AlMusalla Prize Pavilion opened in January at the Islamic Arts Biennale. Designed by EAST Architecture and selected through MRC’s competition, the pavilion is made of ‘waste’ date palm fronds and has since travelled to Venice and Bukhara.

6. Foster + Partners’ KSA Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, the winner of MRC’s competition, won the BIE’s top architectural prize and welcomed over three million visitors.

7. In June, Doha’s Ned Hotel – a reworking of the former Ministry of Interior building by David Chipperfield Architects – was shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

8. The Jackson Library at Exeter College, Oxford by Nex won the 2025 RIBA South Building of the Year Award. Following a feasibility study, MRC ran the 2019 competitive selection process.

9. Allies and Morisson’s London College of Fashion in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, also part of Olympicopolis, was shortlisted for the 2025 Stirling Prize and won 2025 RIBA London and National Awards.

10. Our Chairman Malcolm Reading was awarded the Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List for his services to the UK Royal Household.

Images credits:

2. © The National Gallery, London. Photo Edmund Sumner
3. ©
4. Photo by Edmund Sumner
5. Photo by Marco Cappelletti, courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation
6. Courtesy of KSA’s Ministry of Culture
7. © Simon Menges
8. © Nex / Will Pryce
9. ©

The State of Qatar has announced that it is dedicating a key site on Doha’s waterfront to a new headquarters for the Min...
05/12/2025

The State of Qatar has announced that it is dedicating a key site on Doha’s waterfront to a new headquarters for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is known globally for its mediating role. Created to establish a more visible civic presence for the nation’s diplomatic service and offer the public unprecedented access to the Ministry complex, the project will transform a prominent section of the city’s iconic Corniche.

Through an invited international competition, the commission to design the headquarters has been awarded to architect Frida Escobedo, founder and principal of the Mexico City and New York-based Frida Escobedo Studio. The competition was organised and managed by Malcolm Reading Consultants on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Qatar Museums.

https://malcolmreading.com/news/qatar-ministry-of-foreign-affairs

The Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site has revealed the seven concept designs prop...
30/10/2025

The Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site has revealed the seven concept designs proposed in the international competition for a new museum at Bethany, Jordan.

The finalists’ proposals are now available to view in an online gallery via the competition website: competitions.malcolmreading.com/bethany/gallery

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