UC Davis has chose three teams of contractors and architects that will compete to build the new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art near the campus’ south entrance, according an official release.
The teams that will compete are:
- Contractor: Kitchell; design architect: WORKac; executive architect: Westlake Reed Leskosky
- Contractor: Oliver and Company; design architect: Henning Larsen Architects; executive architect: Gould Evans
- Contractor: Whiting-Turner; design architect: SO – IL; executive architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Teams will reportedly have four months to create a design and prepare a bid for the museum. The charge to the teams is to design a building in which faculty can teach art and from which they can teach architecture.
The competition will reportedly culminate in public presentations and an announcement of the winning design.
For more information on the competition and the competing teams, click here.
