Landmark Wales
Taff’s Well - Importance Notice to Artists and Design Teams. Following re-appraisal of the complex ownership and highway safety issues on this restricted site, and the lack of alternatives at this location, the promoters have determined that they cannot offer a viable Landmark Wales site at Taff’s Well and regretfully have formally withdrawn it from the Phase 2 Competition. Artists and Design Teams who have been considering submitting proposals for Taff’s Well are encouraged to transfer their creative efforts to another Landmark Wales site.
All entrants to the Phase 2 Competition should read and the ‘Entrants Phase 2 Terms and Conditions Form’ and submit one completed form per submission.
Call for Expressions of Interest from Artists, Architects and Designers for Phase One and announcing an Open Competition for Phase Two
Download the brief for Phase One and Phase Two.
Landmark Wales is an ambitious plan to mark major entry points to Wales and key Welsh transition points. With a possible planned Budget of £18M, it is a Public Art Programme of unprecedented scale and ambition in the UK and has been shortlisted for The Big Lottery Fund’s Living Landmarks Programme.
The Landmark Wales partnership of seven Local Authorities, Capital Region Tourism and North Wales Economic Forum has been given development funding from The Big Lottery Fund and the promoters are launching 2 parallel appointment processes to recruit artists/design teams. The scale of the sites and our ambitions for them mean that we are seeking practitioners with the best ideas and the ability to design buildable projects.
Download the press release announcing the teams selected for the three Phase 1 sites.
Phase One Sites
Holyhead Harbour
The A55/A550 at Broughton at the Flintshire border
The Second Severn Crossing
These 3 sites have potential construction budgets of £1.5 - £2M each. We are seeking Expressions of Interest from Artists, Architects, Landscape Architects, Designers or Multi-disciplinary Teams for these sites. We will shortlist 15 individuals or teams who will then each be paid an Honorarium to develop a costed and technically feasible design proposal. Deadline for Phase 1 Submission of Expressions of Interest - Monday January 8th 2007
Download the brief for Phase One (last updated: 19 Feb 2007)
Phase Two Sites
The A5/A483 at Chirk
Download the Chirk Supplementary Brief
The A40 at Monmouth
Download the Monmouth Supplementary Brief
Brynglas Hill, Newport
Download the Brynglas Supplementary Brief
The A465 Junction at Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
These 4 sites have potential construction budgets of £750K - £1M each. We are hosting a Design Competition which will be open to all, and 5 winners will win cash prizes and the potential opportunity to realise their proposals. Deadline for Phase 2 Submission of Design Competition entries - Wednesday 21st March 2007
Download the brief for Phase Two (last updated: 19 Mar 2007)
Please see the FAQ for answers to any questions you might have about the Phase One or Phase Two briefs.
Landmark Wales is open to all irrespective of gender, race, disability or sexual orientation.
