Grimshaw Architects (formerly Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners ) is an architectural firm based in London. Founded in 1980 by
Nicholas Grimshaw , the firm was one of the pioneers of high-tech architecture .[ 1] Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station , Waterloo International railway station and the award-winning Southern Cross railway station which was the recipient of the Royal Institute of British Architects Lubetkin Prize.[ 2] Expo 2020 .[ 3]
Organisation
Partners
Grimshaw has 21 partners worldwide: Jolyon Brewis, Keith Brewis, Andrew Byrne, Vincent Chang, Andrew Cortese, Nicholas Grimshaw , William Horgan, Mark Husser, Michael Janeke, Ewan Jones, Annelie Kvick Thompson, Kirsten Lees , Declan McCafferty, Neill McClements, Mark Middleton, Andrew Perez, Juan Porral, Neven Sidor, Neil Stonell, Andrew Thomas, and Andrew Whalley .[ 4]
Project list
Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:
Panoramic view of the geodesic biome domes at the Eden Project
Arts and culture
Thermae Bath Spa: the main building, 2006 Oxford Ice Rink , Oxford , UK, 1984British Pavilion, Expo '92 , Seville , Spain, 1992
Eden Project , Cornwall, UK, 2001National Space Centre , Leicester , UK, 2001Caixa Galicia Art Foundation, A Coruña , Spain, 2006
Thermae Bath Spa , Bath , 2006Horno 3: Museo del Acero, Museum of Steel , Monterrey , Mexico, 2007
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy , US, 2008Mobilizarte Mobile Pavilion, Brazil , 2012
Queens Museum of Art , Queens , 2013Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science , Miami, US 2014Shanghai Disney Resort Tomorrowland , Shanghai, China, 2016Arter (art center) Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019Sustainability Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai, 2020
Bridges
The National Space Centre in Leicester IJburg Bridge , Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2001Newport City footbridge , Newport, South Wales, 2006Seafarers Bridge, Melbourne, Australia, 2008
A40 Western Avenue Footbridge, London, UK, 2009
Neville Bonner Bridge , Brisbane, Australia, 2024
Science and education
Eden Project : The Core, Cornwall , UK, 2005University College London : Roberts Building Front Extension, London, UK, 2007University College London Cancer Institute: Paul O Gorman Building, London, UK, 2007London School of Economics : New Academic Building, London, UK, 2009London South Bank University , London, UK, 2010New York University Polytechnic: Rogers Hall, Brooklyn, US, 2011Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Australia, 2014
Boldrewood Innovation Campus Phase 1, Southampton, UK, 2015University of New South Wales Hilmer Building, Sydney, Australia, 2015Bangor University Arts and Innovation Centre, Bangor, UK, 2016Dulwich College Laboratory, London, UK, 2016Duke University , The Richard H. Brodhead Center for Campus Life, Durham, NC, USA, 2016
Rail
Southern Cross Station London Bridge Station International Terminal, Waterloo Station , London, UK, 1993Paddington Station , London, UK, 1999Southern Cross railway station , Melbourne, Australia, 2006Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station , Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2007Nunawading railway station , Melbourne, Australia, 2010Fulton Center , Manhattan , US, 2014Reading railway station , Reading, UK, 2014London Bridge station , London, UK, 2018LAX/Metro Transit Center , Los Angeles, USA, 2025[ 5] Mernda railway line Extension, Melbourne, Australia, 2018Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station, Vaughan, Canada, 2018Sydney CBD and South East Light Rail , Sydney, Australia, 2019
Aviation
Heathrow Airport Terminal 1, Pier 4A, UK, 1993Manchester Airport Terminal 3, UK, 1998Zurich Airport , Zurich, Switzerland, 2004Heathrow Airport Terminal 2B, UK, 2009Pulkovo Airport , St. Petersburg, Russia, 2013Istanbul Airport Turkey, 2019Newark Liberty International New Terminal A, Newark, USA, 2022
Office and workplace
Grand Union Walk Housing – Flats behind Sainsbury's supermarket, Camden Town, 1988 British Airways Operations, London, UK, 1993
RAC Regional Control Centre, Bristol , UK, 1994
Ludwig Erhaud Haus, Berlin , Germany, 1998
Orange Operational Centre and Customer Service Facilities, Darlington , UK, 1998
25 Gresham Street, London, UK, 2002
Eden Project : The Foundation, Cornwall , UK, 2002Five Boats Houding, Duisburg , Germany, 2005
385 Bourke Street, Melbourne , Australia, 2008
The St Botolphs Building , London, UK, 2010
John Lewis & Partners Fashion Pavilion, London, UK, 2011Highpoint Shopping Centre , Melbourne, Australia, 2013699 Bourke Street, Melbourne , Australia, 2015
333 George Street, Sydney , Australia, 2016
YOOX Net-a-Porter Group Tech Hub, London, UK, 2017Plexal Innovation Centre, London, UK, 2017
Belfast City Quays 2, Belfast , Northern Ireland, 2018
664 Collins Street, Melbourne , Australia, 2018
50/60 Station Road, Cambridge , UK, 2019
Olderfleet, Melbourne , Australia, 2020
Industry
Herman Miller Factory, Bath, Somerset , UK, 1976
Vitra Furniture Factory, Weil am Rhein , Germany, 1981
Herman Miller Factory, Chippenham , UK, 1982
Financial Times Printworks, London, UK, 1988
Western Morning News, Plymouth , UK, 1993
Igus Factory & Headquarters, Cologne , Germany, 2000
Donald Danforth Plant Center, St. Louis , US, 2001
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Manufacturing Plant & Headquarters, West Sussex , UK, 2003Suez Environnement Energy from Waste Facility, Suffolk, UK, 2014Herman Miller (manufacturer) Portal Mill, Melksham, UK, 2015
Mixed use and housing
Sainsbury's Store & Grand Union Walk Housing, London, UK, 1988
Via Verde – The Green Way, The Bronx , US, 2012
Harbour Mill Apartments, Sydney , Australia, 2015
Awards
2019
2018
SCUP Excellence in Landscape Architecture (General Design)—Duke University Brodhead Center
World Architecture Festival 'Transport- Completed Buildings' Category Winner—London Bridge station RedevelopmentBritish Constructional Steelwork Association's Structural Steel Design Award—London Bridge station Redevelopment[ 8] British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA), Transport Project of the Year, ICE200 Award—London Bridge station Redevelopment
British Transport Awards, Station of the Year— London Bridge station Redevelopment
City of Sydney Lord Mayor's Prize, NSW AIA Awards, Commendation—333 George Street
NSW AIA Award, Commendation—333 George Street Interior fit-out
Chicago Athenaeum Award—333 George Street
Design Impact Awards, Australian Interior Design Awards—Highpoint Shopping Centre
AJ 100: International Practice of the Year[ 9]
New London Awards, Overall Prize—London Bridge station Redevelopment
New London Awards, Transport and Infrastructure—London Bridge station Redevelopment
New London Awards, Sustainability Prize—London Bridge station Redevelopment
RSAW Welsh Architecture Awards—Bangor University , Arts and Innovation Centre
2017
2016
Commonwealth Institute of Architects; Robert Matthew Awards
AJ 100: International Practice of the Year
2015
2014
2013
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Award— Via Verde2013 AIA Housing and Urban Development Secretary's Award— Via Verde
AIA New York State Award of Excellence— Via Verde
2012
2009
AIA Honor Award – Horno 3: Museo Del Acero
2008
2007
Lubetkin Prize – Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia[ 2]
2007 RIBA International Award – Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia[ 10]
Controversy
In October 2019, UK publications Construction News Architects' Journal Istanbul Airport - nicknamed by workers "the cemetery" as so many have died. By this point, the official death toll was 55, but unofficial estimates suggested the figure could "be higher than 400".[ 11] Scott Brownrigg and Haptic Architects). As concept architects, Grimshaw ceased working on the project before the construction phase, and voiced shock and sadness about what it described as the "alarmingly high number" of subsequent deaths.[ 11]
Exhibitions
Grimshaw's first exhibition titled Product + Process debuted in 1988. The firm has since produced four exhibitions: Structure Space + Skin (1993), Fusion [ 12] Equilibrium [ 13] Micro to Macro: Grimshaw in New York [ 14] Equation : Design Inspired by Nature, launched on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 at The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Centre in Singapore. Equation explores a series of themes that investigate biomimicry, biophilia and ecosystems and their influence on design.[ 15]
Publications
Grimshaw Architecture: The First Thirty Years[ 16]
Blue 02: Systems and Structure[ 17]
Blue 01: Water, Energy and Waste[ 18]
The Sketchbooks of Nicholas Grimshaw [ 19]
The Making of Station Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA[ 20]
The Architecture of Eden[ 21]
Equilibrium[ 22]
Grimshaw: Architecture, Industry and Innovation[ 23]
Structure, Space and Skin: The Work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners[ 24]
British Pavilion Seville Exposition[ 25]
See also
References
Notes
^ Davies, Colin. "High Tech Architecture" (PDF) . Retrieved 2 April 2009 . ^ a b World Architecture News. "Grimshaw's Southern Cross Station wins Lubetkin prize" . Retrieved 26 October 2011 . ^ "Sustainability first and foremost" . 3 March 2020.^ ArchitypeSource. "Grimshaw Architects Profile" . Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011 . ^ "Los Angeles International Airport – Airport Metro Connector / GRIMSHAW" . grimshaw.global . Retrieved 23 February 2024 .^ "RIBA Honors Nicholas Grimshaw with 2019 Royal Gold Medal" . architectmagazine.com . Retrieved 29 January 2020 .^ Hurst, Will (19 June 2019). "Grimshaw wins AJ100 Practice of the Year 2019" . Architects Journal . Retrieved 29 January 2020 . ^ "London Bridge Station" . Steel Construction Info . Retrieved 7 May 2022 .^ "AJ100 - Grimshaw" . aj100.architectsjournal.co.uk . Retrieved 29 January 2020 .^ RIBA website. "RIBA International Awards / Winners 2007" . Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011 . ^ a b Garner-Purkis, Zac; Hurst, Will (10 October 2019). "Investigation: the human cost of building the world's biggest airport" . Architects' Journal . Retrieved 10 October 2019 . ^ Images Publishing (2001). International Architecture Yearbook 7 ISBN 9781864701036 . Retrieved 15 February 2013 . ^ Hugh Pearman. "Equilibrium: The Work of Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners" . Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013 . ^ E-Oculus. "Macro to Micro: Grimshaw in New York" . Retrieved 15 February 2013 . ^ URA. "Equation" . Retrieved 15 February 2013 . ^ Merrick, Jay; Grimshaw, Nicholas; Partners, Nicholas Grimshaw and (2011). Grimshaw Architects: The First 30 Year . ISBN 978-3791350738 ^ Blue 02: Systems and Structure . ISBN 0982587511 ^ Blue 01: Water, Energy and Waste . 2009. ISBN 978-0982587508 ^ Grimshaw, Nicholas; Farthing, Stephen; Davey, Peter (2009). The Sketchbooks of Nicholas Grimshaw . ISBN 978-1905711628 ^ Sdu Uitgevers. "The Making of Station Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA" . Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012 . ^ Pearman, Hugh; Whalley, Andrew (2003). The Architecture of Eden . ISBN 1903919150 ^ Pearman, Hugh (5 January 2000). Equilibrium . ISBN 0714839582 ^ Amery, Colin (30 March 2000). Grimshaw: Architecture, Industry and Innovation . ISBN 0714839345 ^ Powell, Kenneth (19 October 1995). Structure, Space and Skin: The Work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners . ISBN 0714834572 ^ Davies, Colin (January 1992). British Pavilion Seville Exposition . ISBN 0714827479
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