Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany winner, Jordan Competition design team winning architect news
10 February 2026
Níall McLaughlin Architects wins the Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany, Jordan International Design Competition
Rendering of the Níall McLaughlin Architects (NMLA) entry:
image © Níall McLaughlin Architects
10th of February 2026 – The Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site (the Foundation) announced today (10 February 2026) 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 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.
Níall McLaughlin Architects’ winning concept impressed the Foundation and the Advisory Panel with its flair for multi-layered and immersive storytelling that focuses on communicating baptism’s power to offer spiritual renewal and new life. In scale and form, the proposal answered the brief’s call for a museum that ‘evokes wonder and humility in the visitor and responds sensitively to the site’.
The concept presents the new museum as an east-west journey anchored by an allegorical sequence – visitors will descend into the earth from an arid wilderness garden, then encounter a rift filled with water to symbolize the Jordan River, and re-emerge into the light and a fruitful paradise garden. Accordingly, the eastern entrance and western exit will face each other across a public square. Between them, an open stepped landscape will rise onto the roof where visitors can view the valley of the Jordan River and the pilgrimage route to the Baptism Site.
NMLA paid close attention to Jordan’s vernacular architecture, using locally sourced stone and rammed earth techniques to create the museum’s form, which sits low within the landscape showing sensitivity to its surroundings and the adjacent UNESCO site. Their landscape strategy – led by Kim Wilkie Landscape – allows the wilderness to gently embrace the museum and fills walled gardens with scented native species. The exhibition design – developed by Nissen Richards Studio – uses variation in light, sound and material to create an absorbing immersive atmosphere that expresses the museum’s narrative arc of ‘wilderness, water and witness’. The team also includes local consultant, Engicon.
Dr Tharwat Almasalha, Chair of the competition’s Advisory Panel and Chair of the Foundation’s Board, said:
‘We congratulate Níall McLaughlin’s team on their proposal which excels in telling the story of baptism – highlighting its power to offer spiritual renewal and new life.
‘We look forward to celebrating the bimillennial of Christ’s baptism in 2030 with the opening of the new museum which promises to be an inspiration for Jordan, faith communities, and secular visitors worldwide.
‘This proposal responds sensitively to the luminous setting in the wilderness and the adjacent UNESCO site. Though modest in size and form, the design has exceptional resonance: it will be attuned to human and divine connections.
‘Together with the NMLA-led team we’re determined to create a museum that will be a global exemplar and acclaimed as a universal symbol of peace.’
Níall McLaughlin MBE, Principal of Níall McLaughlin Architects, Kim Wilkie CBE, Founder of Kim Wilkie Landscape, and Pippa Nissen, Director and Founder of Nissen Richards Studios, responded:
‘We are delighted to receive the news that we are the winners of the competition for the Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany, Jordan. It is an extraordinary site with a profound history. The brief was beautifully written, and the shortlist was exceptionally strong. We felt honored to be chosen to participate with such an interesting group.
‘The challenge of the design was to find a way to allow the architecture to mediate between a charged landscape and the sacred narratives that arose within it. It demanded a building that could work with allegory. At the same time, the project needed to use local labor, skills, and resources to achieve something with a sense of social responsibility and low carbon expenditure.
‘We now look forward to working with the Foundation to develop the design in dialogue with enthusiastic local and international experts. We relish the opportunity to learn more about this beautiful country.’
The Foundation will now work closely with NMLA to advance their 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, deepening the experience of visiting the Baptism Site, located on the east bank of the Jordan River. The site (Al-Maghtas, “Bethany Beyond the Jordan”) is widely accepted as the place where John baptized Jesus and has been a Christian pilgrimage destination for centuries.
Malcolm Reading LVO Hon FRGS, Competition Director, MRC, said:
‘We are grateful to all the shortlisted teams for their hard work and their creativity.
‘We searched globally for the best talent for this commission and the NMLA team rose to the varied challenges of this project and site and related strongly to the sensibilities underpinning the project vision.
‘The new museum promises to be highly sensory and memorable. We believe it will resonate with visitors long after they return home. Yet the scheme is also pragmatic and considered in how it responds to the realities of the budget and local resources.’
Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany Competition Background
The seven international teams shortlisted in the competition were announced in August 2025 and led by the following firms: AAU Anastas (Palestine / France / Jordan); heneghan peng architects (Ireland); Níall McLaughlin Architects (UK); Studio Anne Holtrop (Bahrain / Netherlands); Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO (Mexico); Toshiko Mori Architect (US); and Trahan Architects (US). The shortlist’s concept proposals were revealed via an online gallery in October 2025.
An Advisory Panel made up of esteemed thought leaders across the fields of architecture, landscape, museums and heritage met in Fall 2025 to interview the finalists and made a recommendation to the Foundation’s Board. The Advisory Panel comprised the following members:
- Dr Tharwat Almasalha (Panel Chair)
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site - Professor Barry Bergdoll
Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, US - Mr David B. Greenbaum, FAIA, LEED AP
Director of Culture and Museums, Gensler - Princess Alia Al-Senussi, PhD
Senior Advisor, KSA’s Ministry of Culture and Art Basel; Visiting Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar; Chairman, K11 Art Foundation International Council - Mr Ousama Gabi Ghannoum
Member of the BDZ Board of Trustees and Member of the Museum Committee - Professor Mónica Luengo
Art Historian, Landscape Architect and Heritage Consultant; Member of Honor of the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes ICOMOS-IFLA - Dr Leen A. Fakhoury
Heritage expert and Architect; Industrial Professor – German Jordan University (GJU) - Mr Aziz Husein
Global Lead, Built Environment, Aga Khan Trust for Culture (Aga Khan Foundation)
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About the winning team
Níall McLaughlin Architects’ work is globally admired for its inventive use of building materials and qualities of light, and its strong emphasis on thoughtful, innovative and well-crafted architecture that prioritizes the relationship between the building and its surroundings.
The practice’s notable projects include the restoration and extension of 900-year-old Auckland Castle to accommodate a Faith Museum, as well as Auckland Tower, the Bishop Edward King Chapel, and the New Library for Magdalene College, Cambridge (all UK). Among NMLA’s major awards are the RIBA Stirling Prize (2022); multiple nominations for the Mies Van Der Rohe Award; and numerous RIBA and American Institute of Architecture Awards.
Founder Níall McLaughlin received the RIBA Gold Medal in January 2026 and was awarded an Honorary MBE for Services to Architecture in 2020.
The NMLA team is supported by Engicon (Local Consultant); Kim Wilkie Landscape (Landscape Architecture); Nissen Richards Studio (Exhibition Design & Wayfinding); Studio ZNA (Lighting Design); and Arup (Daylight & Shadow Studies).
Kim Wilkie CBE – NMLA’s landscape design consultant – has led a distinguished career of over 25 years. His work responds to the layered narratives of landscape, always seeking a balance between cultural continuity and natural evolution. Wilkie’s notable projects include a contemplative cloistered garden for the V&A Museum in London, a revival of the Oxford Botanic Garden (UK) and an area of Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania (US).
Nissen Richards Studio is a triple RIBA National Award-winning architects’ practice and exhibition design studio, founded in 2010. Director and Founder Pippa Nissen has worked on a range of theatrical, museum and gallery projects for world-renowned institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, and the Courtauld Gallery in London.
Níall McLaughlin Architects
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Previously on e-architect:
15 August 2025
Design team shortlist announced for new museum to honor Jesus Christ’s baptism at Bethany, Jordan
The seven international design teams shortlisted for a new site-specific museum to honor Jesus Christ’s baptism at Bethany, Jordan, are announced.
Due to open in 2030 to mark the bimillennial of Christ’s baptism, the new museum is expected to be a globally significant spiritual and cultural landmark. The project is endorsed by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and is led by the Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site (the Foundation). London-based Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) is managing the competition.
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Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany, Jordan International Design Competition
The forthcoming museum benefits from a site adjacent to the UNESCO World Heritage Site — Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas), located on the east bank of the Jordan River, which has been a Christian pilgrimage destination for centuries.
The invited design teams shortlisted for the Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany, Jordan International Design Competition will respond to a brief that focuses on creating an exemplary story-led museum and garden in a sacred place surrounded by a preserved wilderness — a setting dedicated to the history and significance of baptism in the Christian faith.
Christ’s baptism was one of the few Gospel events witnessed by the Holy Trinity. As described in the New Testament, Jesus came to Bethany Beyond the Jordan to be baptized by John; as he emerged from the water God’s voice was heard; and the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove. The moment marks the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and the origin of the sacrament of baptism, practiced subsequently across diverse Christian traditions.
The new museum will be Christian-centered, but welcoming and inclusive to all, situated as it is in a landscape where multiple traditions have coexisted across millennia. It will enrich and extend the visitor experience at the Baptism Site, offering space for reflection and learning and, depending on the individual, preparing visitors for a profound spiritual connection. As a literal and figurative gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the museum will guide visitors on a journey towards the pilgrimage path leading to the river. Based on current trends and anticipated growth the museum is expected to welcome 400-450,000 visitors annually. The project is generously funded in part by donors from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The shortlist of teams chosen for the competition’s second stage by the Foundation’s Board, and advised by MRC, includes celebrated and emerging international architects (by team lead and in alphabetical order):
- AAU Anastas (Palestine / France / Jordan)
- heneghan peng architects (Ireland)
- Níall McLaughlin Architects (UK)
- Studio Anne Holtrop (Bahrain / Netherlands)
- Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO (Mexico)
- Toshiko Mori Architect (US)
- Trahan Architects (US)
Dr Tharwat Al Masalha, Chair of the Jordan Foundation’s Board, said:
‘This project is one of the most significant cultural commissions in Jordan’s recent history. It reflects a national ambition to enrich the experience of visiting the Baptism Site for pilgrims, scholars, visitors and tourists alike.
‘The museum will honor the site’s spiritual value and importance, while also expressing Jordan’s enduring history as part of the Holy Land and its commitment to peace and plurality.
‘Confirming the shortlist brings us closer to creating a museum at one of the most sacred and spiritually resonant sites in the region.
‘We congratulate the finalist teams and look forward to seeing their design concepts in the Fall.’
The competition is being managed by Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC), specialists in international architectural competitions. MRC recently ran the high-profile international competitions for the Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan (London, UK) and the expansion at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, US).
Malcolm Reading, Competition Director, Malcolm Reading Consultants, said:
‘We approached an international longlist of accomplished firms with experience in cultural projects, who are known for their placemaking skills. The seven finalist teams impressed with their understanding of the site’s spiritual resonance, and sensitivity to the surrounding ancient wilderness.
‘As we move to the design phase, teams have been given a brief for a story-led, faith-resonant museum and encouraged to express the museum’s narrative arc through spatial rhythm and form.’
The museum will be the anchor project within the wider masterplan for the Baptism Development Zone (BDZ) that will feature a range of visitor experiences for pilgrims, researchers and visitors from around the world. The museum has a working construction budget of circa $30 million, with funding secured. The competition’s winning design will be reviewed in coordination with UNESCO and in accordance with its Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment.
Offering a diverse range of natural wonders and historical sites, Jordan attracts visitors who respond to the rich culture and hospitality of the Jordanian people as well as the nation’s unique heritage sites, seven of which are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities estimates that 85 per cent of visitors to Jordan come to experience its history and culture and to visit heritage sites such as Petra, Mount Nebo, and Wadi Rum. The Baptism Site is already one of the most visited sites in Jordan and it is expected that the Museum of Baptism will become an additional attraction, increasing visitor numbers.
The shortlisted teams’ concept designs will be revealed in Fall 2025 and the winning team announced towards the end of the year.
For further information and future updates please visit the competition website at competitions.malcolmreading.com/bethany
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Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site
The client for the Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany, Jordan International Design Competition is The Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site (the Foundation).
The Foundation is a non-profit foundation, established by the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to oversee the realization of the Baptism Development Zone (BDZ). The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees, assigned by a Royal Decree, and supported by a team of directors and executives. An International Advisory Board, composed of distinguished international individuals, has also been appointed to give strategic orientation to the Foundation.
To deliver its vision to develop a global center of faith and forgiveness born in living water of the Baptism of Jesus Christ, the Foundation has developed the BDZ masterplan which was inaugurated, under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II, in December 2022.
Further details can be found on the Foundation’s website: bethanybeyondthejordan.org
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Museum of Jesus’ Baptism at Bethany, Jordan, Design Teams Shortlist
Design Team Shortlist
- AAU Anastas (Palestine / France / Jordan) with a wider team that includes:
Landscape Design – Florent Clier; Exhibition Design – dUCKS; Engineering – Webb Yates; and Lighting Consultant – Studio Gelatic.
AAU Anastas – Elias Anastas and Yousef Anastas:
photo courtesy of Prada
Elias and Yousef Anastas are partners at AAU Anastas and co-founders of Local Industries, Radio AlHara, and Wonder Cabinet. Their work – at the intersection of architecture, design, and cultural production – is rooted in the idea of global provincialism: a dialogue between hyper-specific contexts and broader networks of knowledge, craftsmanship, and solidarity.
Through AAU Anastas, they explore the potential of architecture when grounded in material intelligence, ranging from object design to territorial projects. They have a particular interest in stone construction, seeking to renew its use to imagine low-carbon structures, more resilient cities, and more responsible quarrying practices.
With Local Industries, they collaborate with artisans to bridge traditional craftsmanship with contemporary production, affirming the importance of craft in today’s design landscape.
In 2020, they co-founded Radio AlHara, an online radio station that goes beyond simple sound broadcasting to create unexpected networks of solidarity – blending resistance, sharing, and experimentation.
More recently, they launched Wonder Cabinet, a space dedicated to cultural production in Bethlehem. Conceived as a place for encounters and exchange, it brings together artists, designers, and artisans in collaborations that blend technique and creativity.
At every scale, their work aims to weave connections between the local and the global, transforming the specificities of a place into a collective strength.
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- heneghan peng architects (Ireland) with a wider team that includes:
Landscape Design – Agence Ter; Exhibition Design – Cookies; Engineering – Arup; and Lighting Consultant – Kardorff.
heneghan peng architects
Shih-Fu Peng & Roisin Heneghan:
photo courtesy of Joanne Murphy
heneghan peng architects is a design partnership practicing architecture, landscape and urban design. The practice was founded by Shih-Fu Peng and Róisín Heneghan in New York (1999) and, after a significant competition win in Ireland, relocated to Dublin (2001). In 2011, the firm opened a Berlin Studio.
With a background in competition design, the practice has evolved to apply the same forensic thought to the craft of buildings. The firm often produces cultural buildings of national importance on historic sites. Major completed and ongoing projects include; the Palestinian Museum in Bir Zeit, Palestine; the Grand Egyptian Museum beside the Great Pyramid of Giza and the UNESCO world heritage site of “Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur”; Storm King Art Center In New York and the Giant’s Causeway Visitors’ Centre on the Causeway Coast World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland. Current projects include the Neue Orte, Alter Turm Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche Berlin.
Their work takes a multi-disciplinary approach to design. The firm have and continue to collaborate with designers and engineers on a range of projects which include urban masterplans, bridges, landscapes, buildings and exhibitions.
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- Níall McLaughlin Architects (UK) with a wider team that includes:
Landscape Design – Kim Wilkie; Exhibition Design – Nissen Richards Studio; Engineering – Arup; and Lighting Consultant – Studio ZNA.
Níall McLaughlin Architects
Níall McLaughlin:
photo courtesy of Níall McLaughlin Architects
Tim Allen-Booth:
photo courtesy of Níall McLaughlin Architects
Níall McLaughlin Architects has gained a reputation for thoughtful, innovative and well-crafted architecture. The practice has delivered projects across a broad range of scales and typologies. They work regularly with cultural and educational institutions. Projects for faith-based communities have been an important strand of the practice’s work, from a small Carmelite monastery in London, to an inner-city Catholic parish church, a theological college chapel and an Ismaili burial ground. The firm has a growing portfolio of museum projects including two museums that present themes of Christian faith.
Níall McLaughlin Architects are experts at creating new buildings in historically, culturally and environmentally sensitive sites. By inventively interpreting the past, their buildings embody both continuity and innovation. For the firm, architecture is understood as a range of activities which are all necessary to each other – designing buildings, connecting research and practice, embracing natural materials and environments, collaborating with creatives, craftsmen and clients.
Níall has an Honorary MBE for Services to Architecture, and the practice has been awarded numerous international accolades, being shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize three times before winning the significant award in 2022 for the Magdalene College Library.
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- Studio Anne Holtrop (Bahrain / Netherlands) with a wider team that includes:
Landscape Design – Atelier Miething; Exhibition Design – Imagination; Engineering – Atkins Realis; and Lighting Consultant – Rogier van der Heide.
Studio Anne Holtrop
Anne Holtrop:
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Founded in 2009 in Amsterdam, Studio Anne Holtrop established a second and primary studio in Muharraq, Bahrain, in 2014. The studio specializes in designing public and cultural buildings, luxury retail and hospitality projects, and conducting material research and innovation.
Notable completed projects include the Museum Fort Vechten, a UNESCO-listed heritage site in the Netherlands (Iakov Chernikhov International Prize, 2014); the National Pavilion of Bahrain for the 2015 Milan Expo (Silver Prize for best architecture Milan Expo Design, 2015); Customs House – Manama Central Post Office (Shortlisted Aga Khan Award, 2022); the Green Corner Building in Muharraq; the UNESCO-listed heritage site, The Pearling Path with the Siyadi Pearl Museum (Best New Museum, Monocle Award, 2024), the Murad Boutique Hotel, and the Qaysariyah Suq; flagship stores for Maison Margiela globally; and the new Misk Art Institute in Riyadh.
Anne Holtrop graduated Cum Laude in Architecture from the Academy for Architecture in Amsterdam in 2009 and subsequently established his own architectural practice. Since 2014, his primary studio has been based in Muharraq, Bahrain, where he currently resides. Holtrop holds the position of titular professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland. Previously, he served as a professor at the ETH Zurich.
anneholtrop.nl
- Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO (Mexico) with a wider team that includes:
Landscape Design – Bureau Bas Smets; Exhibition Design – Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO; Engineering – Sener; and Lighting Consultant – cube.bz.
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio
Tatiana Bilbao:
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Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, founded in 2004 in Mexico City, is an architecture studio committed to socially responsible design that integrates research, community-driven approaches, and sustainable construction. The studio works across diverse scales and project types, grounded in the belief that architecture is a fundamental form of care.
Emphasizing analog processes like hand drawing, collage, and physical modeling, the studio collaborates closely with communities, shaping spaces in dialogue with their users. This participatory ethos reflects a broader commitment to collective and context-sensitive design that addresses environmental, cultural, and political dimensions.
Led by Tatiana Bilbao, the studio has received widespread international recognition. In 2025, Bilbao was named an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (HFAIA), and the studio’s Sea of Cortez Research Center was a finalist for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP). Past honors include the Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal (2020), the Richard Neutra Award and AW Architect of the Year (2022), and the RAIC Honorary Fellowship (2021). In 2023, she received the Miller Prize and the ArpaFIL Award, followed by an honorary doctorate from the Boston Architectural College in 2024. Most recently, the studio earned an honorary mention at the 2025 Venice Biennale for the Holy See Pavilion.
tatianabilbao.com
- Toshiko Mori Architect (US) with a wider team that includes:
Landscape Design – West 8; Exhibition Design – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architect; Engineering – Arup; and Lighting Consultant – Arup.
Toshiko Mori Architect:
photo courtesy of Ralph Gibson
Founded in 1981, Toshiko Mori Architect (TMA) is recognized for nearly four decades of innovative and influential work across a diverse portfolio of award-winning projects. The firm’s intelligent approach to ecologically sensitive site planning, historical context, and material innovation reflects a seamless integration of design and technology. TMA combines a strong theoretical foundation with a practical understanding of programmatic needs —resulting in architecture that is spatially compelling and contextually responsive.
Toshiko Mori is the founder and principal of TMA, as well as the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, where she chaired the Department of Architecture. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Recent projects include the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr Campus Masterplan, Thread Cultural Center, Fass School, the Watson Institute at Brown University, and ongoing work for the Brooklyn Public Library. Mori’s honors include the Asia Society Asia Arts Game Changer Award, the Museum of the City of NY Louis Auchincloss Prize, the Isamu Noguchi Award, and the AIA/ASCA Topaz Medallion. She has been named to the AD100 Hall of Fame and was guest editor of Domus (2023).
tmarch.com
- Trahan Architects (US) with a wider team that includes:
Landscape Design – Doxiadis+; Exhibition Design – Ralph Appelbaum Associates; Engineering – Buro Happold; and Lighting Consultant – Tillotson Design Associates.
Trahan Architects
Victor F. “Trey” Trahan III:
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Robbie Eleazer:
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Trahan Architects, founded in 1992 by Victor F. “Trey” Trahan III, FAIA, is a globally recognized architecture firm with offices in New Orleans and New York. Rooted in the cultural richness of New Orleans and informed by a global perspective, the firm is driven by the belief that mindful design can elevate the human experience.
Trahan Architects is celebrated for its poetic and responsible approach to architecture, integrating artistic expression, technical innovation, and ecological sensitivity. Their work spans cultural, academic, and spiritual spaces, including notable projects like the Louisiana State Museum and the USA Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka.
The firm’s ethos emphasizes compassion, curiosity, and a deep engagement with clients and context, aiming to create spaces that foster peace, healing, and a sense of rootedness. Trahan’s designs are shaped by a commitment to ecological harmony and material integrity, resulting in over 100 prestigious awards, including the #1 U.S. Design Firm by ARCHITECT Magazine and multiple National AIA honors. Trey Trahan, a National Academician and laureate of The American Prize for Architecture, leads the firm with a vision grounded in cultural and environmental stewardship. His parallel initiative, Fondation Trahan, furthers this mission by preserving significant historical sites and artifacts.
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Competition Organizers – Malcolm Reading Consultants
Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) is a strategic consultancy that helps clients to imagine and define contemporary environments, both built and natural. MRC is the leading global specialist in devising and managing design competitions. MRC believes in the power of design to create new perceptions and act as an inspiration.
MRC has run 200+ design competitions in settings including Antarctica and Australia; London and Washington, D.C.; Oxford and Cambridge; and Houston and Riyadh, for extraordinary and emblematic projects representing over £50 billion of construction value.
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