five teams, including 6a architects, OFFICE kersten geers david van severen, carmody groarke, and heneghan peng architects, have been shortlisted as part of a competition to design a new central hall for the UK?s national railway museum. with a construction budget of £16.5 million, the building will transform the visitor arrival experience with a new entrance space, integrating the museum estate for the first time in its history. this 4,500 square meter centerpiece building will also contain a 1,000 square meter gallery intended to showcase the museum?s renowned collection.

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the national railway museum is ranked among the most popular attractions in the UK and welcomed 782,000 visitors in 2018-19. located close to the center of york, a city in northeast england, the museum sits within a larger industrial site that was originally developed in the mid- to late-19th century. surrounded by the remnants of this industry, the museum is today dominated by railway heritage and infrastructure. however, york central ? a 45-hectare redevelopment comprising of a series of new city center residential and business neighborhoods ? plans to transform the disused estate.
image © carmody groarke

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image © heneghan peng architects 
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