Grimshaw was born in Hove, East Sussex 9 October 1939.[1] His father was an engineer, and his mother a portrait painter and he inherited an interest in engineering and art. One of his great-grandfathers was a civil engineer who built dams in Egypt, and another was a physician who campaigned for the installation of Dublin's drainage and sanitation system after showing a link between waterborne diseases and streams joining River Liffey. His father died when he was two and a half, and he grew up with his mother, grandmother who was also a portrait painter, and two sisters in Guildford. He displayed an early interest in construction; his boyhood interests included Meccano, building tree houses and boats.[3]
He worked with Farrell for 15 years before establishing his own firm, Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, in 1980. In 1989, he won a Royal Institute of British Architects national award for his design of the Financial Times printworks in East London. After designing Britain's pavilion for the Seville Expo in 1992, he was appointed a CBE in 1993, and the following year saw his Waterloo railway terminal awarded the accolade of 'Building of the Year'. That same year (1994) also saw him elected a vice-chairman of the Architectural Association, a member of the Royal Academy and a member of the American Institute of Architects.[citation needed]
Grimshaw's architecture practice continues to grow; it has a global profile, with offices in London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney. The work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners was the subject of a series of monographs published by Phaidon Press: Architecture, Industry and Innovation deals with the years 1965–1988; Structure Space and Skin covers 1988–1993; and Equilibrium looks at work up until 2000.[citation needed]
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For the British DJ and broadcaster see Nick Grimshaw Sir Nicholas Grimshaw CBE PRA born 9 October 1939 is a prominent English architect particularly noted for several modernist buildings including London s Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall 1 He was President of the Royal Academy from 2004 to 2011 2 He was chairman of Grimshaw Architects formerly Nicholas Grimshaw amp Partners from its foundation to 2019 when he was succeeded by Andrew Whalley He is a recipient of the RIBA Gold Medal SirNicholas GrimshawCBE PRABorn 1939 10 09 9 October 1939 age 84 Hove East Sussex EnglandNationalityBritishEducationWellington CollegeAlma materEdinburgh College of Art Architectural Association School of ArchitectureOccupationArchitect Contents 1 Biography 2 Projects 3 Awards and honours 4 References 5 External linksBiography edit nbsp The Eden Project designed by Nicholas Grimshaw Grimshaw was born in Hove East Sussex 9 October 1939 1 His father was an engineer and his mother a portrait painter and he inherited an interest in engineering and art One of his great grandfathers was a civil engineer who built dams in Egypt and another was a physician who campaigned for the installation of Dublin s drainage and sanitation system after showing a link between waterborne diseases and streams joining River Liffey His father died when he was two and a half and he grew up with his mother grandmother who was also a portrait painter and two sisters in Guildford He displayed an early interest in construction his boyhood interests included Meccano building tree houses and boats 3 He was educated at Wellington College and left when he was 17 From 1959 to 1962 he studied at the Edinburgh College of Art before winning a scholarship to attend the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London where he won further scholarships to travel to Sweden in 1963 and the United States in 1964 He graduated from the AA in 1965 with an honours diploma and having entered into a partnership with Terry Farrell he joined the Royal Institute of British Architects two years later in 1967 He worked with Farrell for 15 years before establishing his own firm Nicholas Grimshaw amp Partners in 1980 In 1989 he won a Royal Institute of British Architects national award for his design of the Financial Times printworks in East London After designing Britain s pavilion for the Seville Expo in 1992 he was appointed a CBE in 1993 and the following year saw his Waterloo railway terminal awarded the accolade of Building of the Year That same year 1994 also saw him elected a vice chairman of the Architectural Association a member of the Royal Academy and a member of the American Institute of Architects citation needed Grimshaw s architecture practice continues to grow it has a global profile with offices in London New York Melbourne and Sydney The work of Nicholas Grimshaw amp Partners was the subject of a series of monographs published by Phaidon Press Architecture Industry and Innovation deals with the years 1965 1988 Structure Space and Skin covers 1988 1993 and Equilibrium looks at work up until 2000 citation needed In December 2004 Grimshaw was elected President of the Royal Academy of Arts a position he held until 2011 2 Grimshaw is behind the National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats NIRAH design 4 Projects edit nbsp National Space Centre Leicester nbsp Waterloo International railway station nbsp Thermae Bath Spa the main building 2006 nbsp Grand Union Walk Housing Flats behind Sainsbury s supermarket Camden Town 1988 Projects include 125 Park Road London 1968 joint project with Terry Farrell Herman Miller Factory Bath 1976 joint project with Terry Farrell 5 BMW UK headquarters Bracknell 1980 Oxford Ice Rink Oxford 1984 Clifton Hill Sports Centre Exeter 1984 Financial Times Printworks Blackwall London 1988 Rank Xerox Research Centre Welwyn Garden City 1988 Sainsbury s supermarket Camden Town London 1988 Stockbridge Leisure Centre Liverpool 1988 British Pavilion Expo 92 Seville Spain 1992 Waterloo International railway station London 1993 Compass Centre Heathrow Airport 1993 South West Media Group Western Morning News Plymouth Herald Headquarters and Printworks Known as The Ship Derriford Plymouth 1993 RAC Regional Headquarters Bristol 1994 Pier 4A Heathrow Airport 1994 Berlin Stock Exchange Berlin Germany 1997 Lord s Cricket Ground Grandstand London 1998 Heathrow Terminal 3 1998 North Woolwich pumping station London Docklands 1998 Bilbao bus station Bilbao Spain 1999 Eden Project Cornwall 2001 Frankfurt Trade Fair Hall Frankfurt Germany 2001 Enneus Heerma Bridge Amsterdam Netherlands 2001 National Space Centre Leicester 2001 25 Gresham Street London 2003 Rolls Royce Motor Cars Goodwood plant and headquarters 2003 Five Boats Duisburg Germany 2005 Zurich Airport Expansion 2004 The Core Eden Project 2005 Southern Cross railway station Melbourne Australia 2005 Caixa Galicia Art Gallery A Coruna Spain 2006 Thermae Bath Spa Bath 2006 Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Troy New York 2007 igus Headquarters and Factory Cologne Germany 2000 University College London Cancer Institute England 2007 London School of Economics New Academic Building England 2008 Pulkovo Airport St Petersburg Russia 2007 London South Bank University K2 Building England 2010 Eco Hotel Concept North America 2011 The St Botolph Building London England 2011 Mobilizarte Mobile Pavilion Brazil 2012 Cutty Sark conservation project London England 2012 Pulkovo Airport Saint Petersburg Russia 2014 Awards and honours editGrimshaw was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to architecture He received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot Watt University in 2004 6 He received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2019 7 References edit a b Steve Rose 12 October 2007 Bubble vision The Guardian a b Nicholas Grimshaw PPRA Royal Academy of Arts Desert Island Discs Nicholas Grimshaw BBC 19 December 2003 NIRAH Retrieved 27 October 2017 Herman Miller Factory Grimshaw Architects Retrieved 21 May 2017 Heriot Watt University Honorary Graduates PDF Archived from the original PDF on 17 November 2015 Wainwright Oliver 27 September 2018 Architect Nicholas Grimshaw wins RIBA gold medal The Guardian External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicholas Grimshaw Official website Cultural offices Preceded byPhillip King President of the Royal Academy2004 2011 Succeeded byChristopher Le Brun Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nicholas Grimshaw amp oldid 1215495082, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
