Nicholas Grimshaw
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw CBE PRA (born October 9, 1939 in Hove on the English Channel, East Sussex ) is a prominent architect from Great Britain , whose most famous buildings include the London Railway Terminal Waterloo and the Eden Project in Cornwall . In Germany, he built the Ludwig-Erhard-Haus on Fasanenstrasse in Berlin , the Five Boats in Duisburg , the igus factory in Cologne and two factory halls on the Vitra Campus architecture park in Weil am Rhein and is drawing for the master plan of the same responsible. In Switzerland he is responsible for the Airside Center at Zurich Airport .
Awards
In 1993 Grimshaw was named Commander of the British Empire and in 1997 he was made an honorary member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA . In 2002 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir"). From 2004 to 2011 he was elected President of the Royal Academy of Arts . In 2019 Grimshaw was awarded the Royal Gold Medal .
Works (selection)
- 1993 Waterloo station , London (awarded the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture in 1994)
- 1994–97 Ludwig-Erhard-Haus , Fasanenstrasse, Berlin
- 2000 igus factory in Cologne
- 2001 Enneüs Heermabrug , Amsterdam
- 2001 Eden Project , Cornwall
- 2002–05 Melbourne Southern Cross Station , Melbourne
- 2004 Five Boats , Duisburg
- 2005 The Core, Eden Project
- 2006 Caixa Galicia Art Gallery, A Coruña , Spain
- 2006 Thermae Bath Spa , Bath
- 2007 Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center , Troy , New York
- 2007 University College London Cancer Institute
- 2007 Pulkovo Airport , St. Petersburg , Russia
- 2008 London School of Economics New Academic Building, England
- 2010 Master plan MG3.0 , Mönchengladbach
- 2011 Eco Hotel Concept, United States
- 2011 The St. Botolph Building, London
- 2012 Mobilizarte Mobile Pavilion, Brazil
literature
- Philippa Hurd (Ed.): Grimshaw, architecture. The first 30 years. Prestel, Munich / London / New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-7913-5073-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicholas Grimshaw, PPRA in the database of the Royal Academy of Arts , English, accessed on May 22, 2013.
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SURNAME | Grimshaw, Nicholas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hove on the English Channel, East Sussex |