Here are the 5 teams bidding to design Ottawa's new central library

Ottawa is one step closer togetting a new centrallibrary.

The city unveiled five architectural teams on Tuesday that will be competing to design the new Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada joint facility on Wellington Street, just east of LeBretonFlats.

The five teams were selected out of 33 submissions received bythe city since May 2017 andall have experience with projects of similar size and scopeincluding libraries, archives, performing arts centres or museums, according toa news release.

The short-listed teams are:

Bing Thom Architects and GRC Architects

Bing Thom Architects was recently rebranded as Revery Architecture and has offices in Vancouver, Washington, D.C., and Hong Kong. The firm designedSurrey City Centre Library and MacEwan University's Allard Hall in Edmonton.

GRC Architects is based in Ottawa and worked on Carleton University'sRiver and Canal buildings, theCanadian War Museum andMarion Dewar Plaza at City Hall.

Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects

Diamond Schmitt Architects has offices in Toronto, Vancouver and New York City and worked on the NationalArts Centre's recent renovations and on updating the Government Conference Centre, which will house the Senate while Centre Block on Parliament Hill undergoes its own renovations.

Ottawa's KWCArchitects designed the National Wildlife Research Centre at Carleton University and worked on the conversion of the old city hall on Sussex Drive to a federal government building.

Mecanoo InternationalandNORR Architects & Engineers Ltd.

Mecanoo, based in Holland, has worked on the Mid-Manhattan Library in New York City, the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Washington, D.C., and the Library of Birmingham in the U.K.

NORRArchitects and Engineers has offices in a handful of Canadian cities, including Ottawa and Toronto, as well as others around the world. Thefirmworked on the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and the Wellington Building here in Ottawa, located at the intersection of Bank and Wellington streets.

Patkau Architects,MSDL Architects andGRC Architects

Vancouver-based Patkau Architects together with Montreal-based MSDL Architects designed the central libraries in Winnipeg and Quebec City.

MSDLArchitects,based in Montreal,worked on thecasinos at Lac Leamy and Mont Tremblant,and on the Montreal Planetarium.

Schmidt/hammer/lassen,KPMB Architects andHobin Architecture Inc.

Denmark-based Schmidt/hammer/lassenArchitects designed the Halifax Central Library and the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Toronto's KPMBArchitects is credited with the design of the Global Centre for Pluralism in Ottawa and the Remai Modern art gallery in Saskatoon.

HobinArchitecture, an Ottawa company, worked on Lansdowne, Centrepointe Theatre and the Oblate landdevelopment off Main Street. The company was founded by well-known local architect Barry J. Hobin.

One of these five teams will be selected to design the central library after submittingproposals, and will then begin the design development work.

The City of Ottawa said in a news release that public consultation will be a significant element of the design process.