Eli and Edythe Broad and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon are expected to name the architect for the new museum at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, where the winning architect will present the design.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will begin construction next fall on Grand River Avenue, where the Paolucci Building formerly stood.

MSU announced a competition to select an architect for the project in June after the Broads made a $26 million donation to the university — the largest individual cash gift MSU has ever received.

Five finalists submitted designs for the museum: Zaha Hadid of London, Coop Himmelb(l)au of Vienna and Los Angeles, Morphosis of Santa Monica, Calif., William Pedersen and Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects of New York and Randall Stout of Los Angeles.

The announcement of the winning design was originally slated for last fall, but budget concerns delayed the process.

“On some of these projects, you pick an architect, pick a design and then you realize it’s too expensive and you back off and change,” Simon said. “We wanted to be sure the money was right and we could proceed full ahead.”

Although the announcement of the winner was delayed by a few months, Simon said the setback was not uncommon for projects of this size.

MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said he doesn’t expect the construction process will be negatively affected by the delay.

“The thorough due diligence required of such a monumental project requires time,” Denbow said. “Many, many considerations — from creative to financial — have to be taken into consideration.”