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. In particular, they are known for their design of transport projects including 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. Grimshaw is behind the design of the Sustainability Pavilion, an innovative net-zero building, for Expo 2020. The firm currently has offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Dubai, Melbourne and Sydney, employing over 600 staff.
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.
Project list
Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:
Arts and culture
Oxford Ice Rink, Oxford, UK, 1984
British Pavilion, Expo '92, Seville, Spain, 1992
Eden Project, Cornwall, UK, 2001
National Space Centre, Leicester, UK, 2001
Caixa Galicia Art Foundation, A Coruña, Spain, 2006
Thermae Bath Spa, Bath, 2006
Horno 3: Museo del Acero, Museum of Steel, Monterrey, Mexico, 2007
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy, US, 2008
Mobilizarte Mobile Pavilion, Brazil, 2012
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, 2013
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, Miami, US 2014
Shanghai Disney Resort Tomorrowland, Shanghai, China, 2016
Arter (art center) Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019
Sustainability Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai, 2020
Bridges
IJburg Bridge, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2001
Newport City footbridge, Newport, South Wales, 2006
Seafarers Bridge, Melbourne, Australia, 2008
A40 Western Avenue Footbridge, London, UK, 2009
Science and education
Eden Project: The Core, Cornwall, UK, 2005
University College London: Roberts Building Front Extension, London, UK, 2007
University College London Cancer Institute: Paul O Gorman Building, London, UK, 2007 London School of Economics: New Academic Building, London, UK, 2009 London South Bank University, London, UK, 2010 New York University Polytechnic: Rogers Hall, Brooklyn, US, 2011 Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Australia, 2014 Boldrewood Innovation Campus Phase 1, Southampton, UK, 2015 University of New South Wales Hilmer Building, Sydney, Australia, 2015 Bangor University Arts and Innovation Centre, Bangor, UK, 2016 Dulwich College Laboratory, London, UK, 2016 Duke University, The Richard H. Brodhead Center for Campus Life, Durham, NC, USA, 2016