Paul Vick

British Museum Masterplan 2005-2006 grade 1 Listed
Paul Vick drafted the masterplan for Ian Ritchie architects

Construction cost - Confidential.
Size - 10m objects; 1m sq ft; 1000 staff

A C19th icon, the British Museum was the first of its kind. It is the very ‘idea’of a museum.

Today, it describes itself as ‘A museum of the world for the world’.

We produced a masterplan to provide an architectural framework for the Museum to enable it to sustain care of the objects, staff working and visitor access be fitting a world class museum in C21st, including:

galleries
new exhibitions
temporary exhibitions
events
public circulation
cafés
retail
collection houses
collection management

Duveen Gallery. Photo: Paul Vick

Visitors below a Special Exhibition's Poster. Photo: Paul Vick

Main Entrance. Photo: Paul Vick