The Memorial Commission received strong applications from 28 multi-disciplinary design teams featuring architects, landscape architects, community engagement specialists, and other disciplines. A robust evaluation and moderation process was undertaken of those applicants to reach a shortlist that should have the right skills, capability, and awareness of the Grenfell tragedy.
Significant due diligence checks were also carried out to make sure that any team, organisation, or individual potentially working on the memorial does not bear any potential responsibility for the tragedy.
This is a hugely-significant step in the Memorial Commission’s journey to create a bold, fitting, and lasting memorial to remember the 72 victims who lost their lives in, and those whose lives were forever changed by the devastating Grenfell Tower fire.
Over the next six months, the shortlisted teams will be asked to demonstrate their relevant, professional and specialist expertise including architecture, landscape architecture, and structural and mechanical engineering. Teams must also present their strong experience of working collaboratively with communities.
With direct input from the Grenfell community, the final team is expected to be selected and announced in summer 2025. It is anticipated that the memorial design should be sufficiently developed, in partnership with the community, to allow for a planning application in late 2026.
The Memorial Commission has announced that the five shortlisted design teams are (in alphabetical order):
- Curl La Tourelle + Head Architecture
- Freehaus
- George King Architects x Grow to Know
- New South
- Office Sian
