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Grand Egyptian Museum Architects to Design Bengaluru's Startup Museum MIST

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The Heneghan Peng Architects Consortium, designers of the Grand Egyptian Museum, was selected on 21 July 2026 to design Bengaluru's Museum of Innovation, Startup & Technology (MIST).
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MIST is a public-private partnership: UnboxingBLR Foundation holds 51%, the Karnataka ITBT Department 49%.
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It will come up in a repurposed Switchgear Factory Shed on the former NGEF campus, alongside the twin Innoverse startup-incubation hub.
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Phase 1 of the roughly $35-million project is targeted for completion by 2028.

●Project: Museum of Innovation, Startup & Technology (MIST), Bengaluru — legally the Karnataka Technology Innovation Museum Foundation (KTIMF)
●Structure: Public-private partnership — UnboxingBLR Foundation (51%) and Karnataka ITBT Department (49%)
●Architect: Heneghan Peng Architects Consortium (Dublin), selected 21 July 2026 via a 2-stage global QCBS process from 6 shortlisted consortia
●Same firm designed: the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza
●Location and timeline: repurposed Switchgear Factory Shed, former NGEF campus, Baiyappanahalli; Phase 1 targeted for 2028

MIST is planned to present India's journey in innovation, startups and technology, and will sit alongside Innoverse, a twin startup-incubation hub, on a roughly 105-acre urban-forest site at the former New Government Electrical Factory (NGEF) campus. The Dublin-based Heneghan Peng consortium, which includes Bengaluru-based Cadence Architects, is also known for the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, winner of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Design consortium

Heneghan Peng Architects (Dublin) with Bengaluru-based Cadence Architects

Selection process

2-stage global Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS), from 6 shortlisted consortia

Ownership

UnboxingBLR Foundation 51%, Karnataka ITBT Department 49%

Notable prior work

Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza; Palestinian Museum, Birzeit (2019 Aga Khan Award)

Innoverse

A twin startup-incubation hub being developed alongside MIST on the same NGEF campus, under the Karnataka ITBT Department

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★What is MIST, and which architectural consortium was selected to design it?
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Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS)

A procurement method assessing both technical quality and financial bid value, used to select MIST's designers

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•MIST design consortium: Heneghan Peng Architects, designers of the Grand Egyptian Museum
•Ownership: UnboxingBLR Foundation 51%, Karnataka ITBT Department 49%
•Located at the former NGEF campus, Bengaluru; Phase 1 targeted for 2028

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