Wilkinson Eyre
| Wilkinson Eyre Architects | |
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 Gateshead millennium bridge, Newcastle |
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| Practice information | |
| Key architects | Jim Eyre Chris Wilkinson |
| Principal office | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Work | |
| Buildings | Magna Centre |
| Design | Gateshead Millennium Bridge |
| Awards | Stirling Prize (2001) (2002) |
Wilkinson Eyre Architects is an international architecture firm based in London, England. The firm won the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize two years in a row. Some of the firm's best known designs are the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, the Magna Science Adventure Centre, the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea,[1] a proposed New Crystal Palace[2] and a plan for Kew Gardens.
On 5 August 2010, Wilkinson Eyre Architects completed work on the world’s largest Audi showroom, of 17,000 square metres, in London[3] and in 2011 their Bridge House, Dock House and Quay House for BBC North at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, began operation.[4] The firm have also been commissioned to carry out a complete reconstruction of the former New Bodleian Library in Oxford, to be reopened as the Weston Library in 2015.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "National Waterfront Museum Swansea now open". World Architecture News.com. 2005-10-17. http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=149. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ Freeman, Alison (2003-11-07). "UK | England | London | Glass icon for Crystal Palace". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3248865.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ^ "World’s largest Audi showroom designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects unveiled". World Interior Design Network. 2010-08-05. http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/worlds_largest_audi_showroom_designed_by_wilkinson_eyre_architects_unveiled_100805/. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ^ "BBC North". Wilkinson Eyre Architects. http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/bbc-north.aspx?category=europe-and-russia. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ^ "New Bodleian (the Weston Library)". Bodleian Libraries. http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/projects/new_bodleian. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
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