The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) took a distinct stance in launching a two-stage design competition in 2021, for “The Fox: NGV Contemporary,”1 by opening it exclusively to Australian multidisciplinary teams. The eight proposals for the new gallery, to be located on Southbank Boulevard adjacent to the existing NGV International, commendably are now being exhibited by the arts institution for public scrutiny, after the winner was announced in March 2022 – an act that should be the norm rather than the exception.
An accompanying publicationoutlines what was an exhaustive competition process. A two-part expression of interest was held, from which eight practices were given six weeks to respond to the NGV’s brief (see page 20 for images from Stage One proposals). Based on their proposal’s vision, functionality, urban design and viability, four practices were then invited to develop their designs over an
