- Five design teams shortlisted to design memorial to The Late Queen
- Winning design team to be announced later this year
- Memorial to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordinary life of service
The Government is pleased to announce the shortlisted design teams for the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II.
The shortlisted design teams include (listed in alphabetical order):
- Foster + Partners with Yinka Shonibare and Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
- Heatherwick Studio with Halima Cassell, MRG Studio, Webb Yates and Arup
- J&L Gibbons with Michael Levine RDI, William Matthews Associates, Structure Workshop and Arup
- Tom Stuart-Smith with Jamie Fobert Architects, Adam Lowe (Factum Arte) and Structure Workshop
- WilkinsonEyre with Lisa Vandy and Fiona Clark, Andy Sturgeon Design, Atelier One and Hilson Moran
Please see Notes to Editors for details of full teams.
The finalists were shortlisted following the first stage of a two-stage open competition. Designers were required to submit examples of previous projects relevant to the vision for the memorial set out by the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, alongside details of the unique skills of their multi-disciplinary teams. The competition attracted a wide range of excellent creative talent from across the UK and internationally. The shortlisted teams will be required to submit their design concepts later in the Spring.
The winning design team will be announced in Summer 2025 after the Selection Panel reviews the five shortlisted teams’ concepts. Design teams have been asked to create a memorial masterplan that celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordinary life of service and provides a space for pause and reflection. The designs will also be assessed against wider criteria, including value for money, placemaking and visitor experience.
The team that is ultimately selected following the competition will add, in discussion with the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, an artist or sculptor for the figurative representation of Her Late Majesty, and this appointment will be announced in Summer 2025.
The site for the new national Queen Elizabeth II Memorial will include the area of St James’s Park adjacent to The Mall at Marlborough Gate, and land surrounding the pathway down to the lake, including the Blue Bridge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to the ceremonial route of The Mall, its historical and constitutional significance and personal connection to Queen Elizabeth.
The final design will be formally announced in April 2026, to coincide with what would have been Queen Elizabeth’s hundredth birthday year.
The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee was established by the UK Government and Royal Household in 2023 and comprises eight senior figures from across British public life, selected for their expertise, and chaired by The Late Queen’s former Private Secretary Lord Robin Janvrin.
The Committee is also continuing its work to develop proposals for a UK-wide legacy programme to commemorate Queen Elizabeth.
Notes to editors:
The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee is an independent advisory body jointly supported by the UK Government and Royal Household.
The team composition for the five shortlisted teams is as follows (in alphabetical order by lead consultant):
Foster + Partners with Yinka Shonibare and Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
- Foster + Partners – Creative Lead; Contractual Lead; Architect; Structural & MEP Engineer; Landscape & Horticulture; Lighting Designer; Sustainability; Principal Designer
- Yinka Shonibare – Artist
- Michel Desvigne Paysagiste – Landscape Architect
- Purcell – Heritage Consultant
- Gardiner & Theobald – Project Manager and Cost Consultant
- 2x4 – Digital Designer & Wayfinding Consultant
- Nigel Dunnett Studio – Ecology Consultant
- David Bonnett Associates – Accessibility Consultant
- Arup – Logistics & Security Consultant
- DP9 – Planning Consultant
- Eckersley O’Callaghan – Glass Structure Engineers
Heatherwick Studio with Halima Cassell, MRG Studio, Webb Yates and Arup
- Heatherwick Studio – Creative Lead, Contractual Lead, Architect, Landscape Architect
- Halima Cassell – Creative Lead, Artist
- MRG Studio – Landscape Architect & Horticultural Specialist
- Giles Quarme Architects – Heritage Architect
- Webb Yates – Structural Engineer
- Territory Studio – Digital Designer
- Host – Project Manager, Cost Consultant
- Montague Evans – Planning Consultant
- Aequitas Global – Commonwealth Specialist
- The Stonemasonry Company – Material Specialist
- 2-3 Degrees – Engagement Specialist
- Barker Langham – Interpretation & Curation, Wayfinding Consultant
- Speirs + Major – Lighting Designer
- CAE – Accessibility Consultant
- Arup – Sustainability, Ecology, MEP Engineering, Security, Logistics
J&L Gibbons with Michael Levine RDI, William Matthews Associates, Structure Workshop and Arup
- J&L Gibbons – Landscape Architect, Creative and Contractual Lead
- William Matthews Associates – Architect and Bridge Designer
- Michael Levine – Production Designer, Artist
- Lichfields – Planning Consultant
- Purcell - Heritage Consultant
- Structure Workshop - Structural Engineer
- Arup – Civil Engineering, MEP Engineering, Accessibility, Sustainability, Logistics and Security
- Pentagram – Digital Designer, Interpretation and Wayfinding Consultant
- Plan A – Project Manager
- Hennessy Godden – Cost Consultant
- PFB – CDM Principal Designer Adviser
- Speirs + Major – Lighting Designer
- Dr Henrik Sjoman – Horticulture & Trees
Tom Stuart-Smith with Jamie Fobert Architects, Adam Lowe (Factum Arte) and Structure Workshop
- Tom Stuart-Smith Studio – Creative Lead, Landscape Architect
- Jamie Fobert Architects – Contractual Lead, Architect
- Factum Arte – Artist
- Gardiner & Theobald – Project Manager, Cost Consultant
- The Planning Lab – Planning Consultant
- Purcell – Heritage Consultant, Principal Designer CDM
- The Parks Agency – Historic Landscape Consultant
- Structure Workshop – Structural Engineer
- Holmes Studio – Digital Designer, Interpretation and Curation
- Tony Kirkham MBE – Arboricultural Expert
- Landmark Trees – Arboricultural Consultant
- The Landscape Partnership – Ecology
- Goss Consulting – Accessibility Consultant
- Speirs + Major – Lighting Designer
WilkinsonEyre with Lisa Vandy and Fiona Clark, Andy Sturgeon Design, Atelier One and Hilson Moran
- WilkinsonEyre – Creative Lead, Contractual Lead and Architect
- Lisa Vandy – Artist
- Fiona Clarke – Artist
- Andy Sturgeon Garden Design – Landscape Architect
- DP9 – Planning Consultant
- Townscape consultancy – Heritage Consultant
- Hilson Moran – M/E/P Engineer
- Atelier One – Structural Engineer
- RAA – Digital and Exhibition Designer
- OPERA – Project Manager
- Core 5 – Cost Consultant
- Speirs + Major – Lighting Designer
