British architecture firm founded by Nicholas Grimshaw
Grimshaw Architects (formerlyNicholas Grimshaw & Partners ) is anarchitectural firm based in London. Founded in 1980 byNicholas Grimshaw , the firm was one of the pioneers ofhigh-tech architecture .[ 1] In particular, they are known for their design of transport projects includingAmsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station ,Waterloo International railway station and the award-winningSouthern Cross railway station which was the recipient of theRoyal Institute of British Architects Lubetkin Prize.[ 2] Grimshaw is behind the design of the Sustainability Pavilion, an innovative net-zero building, forExpo 2020 .[ 3] The firm currently has offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Dubai, Melbourne and Sydney, employing over 600 staff.
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, andAndrew Whalley .[ 4]
Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:
Panoramic view of the geodesic biome domes at the Eden Project 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 The National Space Centre inLeicester 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, 2024Science and education [ edit ] 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, 2016Southern 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, 2018SydneyCBD and South East Light Rail , Sydney, Australia, 2019 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, 2022Office and workplace [ edit ] Grand Union Walk Housing – Flats behind Sainsbury's supermarket, Camden Town, 1988 British Airways Operations, London, UK, 1993 RAC Regional Control Centre ,Bristol , UK, 1994Ludwig 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 TheSt 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 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, 2015Mixed use and housing [ edit ] 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 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 Commonwealth Institute of Architects; Robert Matthew Awards AJ 100: International Practice of the Year 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 AIA Honor Award – Horno 3: Museo Del Acero Lubetkin Prize – Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia[ 2] 2007 RIBA International Award – Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia[ 10] In October 2019, UK publicationsConstruction News andArchitects' Journal published a joint investigation into fatalities atIstanbul 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] Grimshaw was one of four architects employed on the airport's design, three of them UK-based (the other two wereScott 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]
Grimshaw's first exhibition titledProduct + Process debuted in 1988. The firm has since produced four exhibitions:Structure Space + Skin (1993),Fusion [ 12] (1998),Equilibrium [ 13] (2000), andMicro to Macro: Grimshaw in New York [ 14] (2007). The latest exhibition,Equation : Design Inspired by Nature, launched on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 at TheUrban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Centre in Singapore.Equation explores a series of themes that investigate biomimicry, biophilia and ecosystems and their influence on design.[ 15]
Grimshaw Architecture: The First Thirty Years[ 16] Blue 02: Systems and Structure[ 17] Blue 01: Water, Energy and Waste[ 18] The Sketchbooks ofNicholas 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] ^ Davies, Colin."High Tech Architecture" (PDF) . Retrieved2 April 2009 . ^a b World Architecture News."Grimshaw's Southern Cross Station wins Lubetkin prize" . Retrieved26 October 2011 . ^ "Sustainability first and foremost" . 3 March 2020.^ ArchitypeSource."Grimshaw Architects Profile" . Archived fromthe original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved26 October 2011 . ^ "Los Angeles International Airport – Airport Metro Connector / GRIMSHAW" .grimshaw.global . Retrieved23 February 2024 .^ "RIBA Honors Nicholas Grimshaw with 2019 Royal Gold Medal" .architectmagazine.com . Retrieved29 January 2020 .^ Hurst, Will (19 June 2019)."Grimshaw wins AJ100 Practice of the Year 2019" .Architects Journal . Retrieved29 January 2020 . ^ "London Bridge Station" .Steel Construction Info . Retrieved7 May 2022 .^ "AJ100 - Grimshaw" .aj100.architectsjournal.co.uk . Retrieved29 January 2020 .^ RIBA website."RIBA International Awards / Winners 2007" . Archived fromthe original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved8 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 . Retrieved10 October 2019 . ^ Images Publishing (2001).International Architecture Yearbook 7 .ISBN 9781864701036 . Retrieved15 February 2013 . ^ Hugh Pearman."Equilibrium: The Work of Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners" . Archived fromthe original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved15 February 2013 . ^ E-Oculus."Macro to Micro: Grimshaw in New York" . Retrieved15 February 2013 . ^ URA."Equation" . Retrieved15 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 fromthe original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved8 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 .