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In February the Smithsonian Institutioj picked six architecture firms to enter intoa two-month competition to design the $500 milliom museum, which will sit on 5 acresw between the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian’s . It is expectedr to break ground in 2012 and open three years It would bethe Smithsonian’ s first museum designed to achieve a Leadership in Energyt and Environmental Design rating from the . Teamxs could create design concepts in the form of schematicsand renderings. In the weekd following the exhibit, whichy ends April 3, a jury will pick the firm that will presenf a formal proposal for the design ofthe museum. The winnin team will be announcedin mid-April.
The federal government will pay half the cost ofthe museum, expectes to be between 300,000 and 350,000 squarw feet, with private donations covering the D.C.-based -Planners PC formed a joint venture with teameed with KlingStubbins, which has a D.C. formed a joint venture with Freelon Adjayde Bond teamed within D.C.; teameds with teamed with D.C.-based .