Malcolm Reading Consultants

Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) is a strategic architectural consultancy based in London that works all over the world. We are focused on achieving outstanding, award-winning design for our clients, who may be commissioning new buildings or re-inventing existing ones. We run open and invited international design competitions that enable clients to compare a range of creative approaches and identify the most dedicated and inspired design teams. We are known for our content-rich design briefs and competition websites, as well as our architectural and technical knowledge. While we love to imagine projects, we have also delivered them. This, along with over twenty years’ experience of competitions, means our propositions are always grounded in reality. We understand international procurement rules and innovate within these. MRC competitions are designed to ensure the finalist teams’ energies can be focused on what’s central to ultimate success: the creative design challenge. Recent projects include the competitions for the Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan (London, UK); the expansion at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, US); the Qatar Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (Italy); a new gallery at Kistefos (Norway); the National Gallery, London (UK); the Dallas Museum of Art (US); the Mukaab and New Murabba (KSA); Butrint National Park Visitor Center (Albania); Houston Endowment HQ (US); Art Mill (Qatar); Powerhouse Parramatta (Australia); and new buildings for the UK's New College, Oxford and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.