Wilkinson Eyre Architects - Building News:
Dyson School of Design Innovation, Bath, England
2008-
Wilkinson Eyre : English project
Birmingham Library, central England
2008-
Shortlist of 7 practices announced Mar 2008 for new library:
Foreign Office Architects, Foster + Partners, Hopkins, Mecanoo, OMA, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Wilkinson Eyre
Est. £193m
St. Petersburg Masterplan - Apraksin Dvor, Russia
2008-
Wilkinson Eyre : Russian competition
Oxford University Buildjngs – Humantities Centre, north Oxford, England
2008-
Shortlist:
Bennetts Associates, David Chipperfield, Kohn Pederson Fox, Wilkinson Eyre
Part of Rafael Vinoly masterplan
Former Radcliffe infirmary site
New Bodleian Library redevelopment, Oxford, south England
2008-
Existing building by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
Living bridge – over River Shannon, Limerick, County Clare, Ireland
2008
320m long pedestrian bridge
House of Human Rights Cultural centre, Milan, Italy
2007-
The New Humanities Building at Queen Mary, University of London
2007-
London University building
2012 Olympics Basketball Arena, London
2007-11
Wilkinson Eyre & KSS Design Group
Liver Street car park, interchange + bridge, Paradise Street area, central Liverpool
2007
Wilkinson Eyre : Liverpool building
20 Blackfriars Road – tower, London, England
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Kings Dock Arena, central Liverpool
2008
image Ian Lawson
Wilkinson Eyre : Liverpool building
New Bodleian Library redevelopment - proposal, Oxford, England
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Victoria Transport Interchange project, London
2007-18
Wilkinson Eyre with Benson + Forsyth & Patrick Lynch
Bath Transport Interchange, Southgate development, Avon, England
2007-
£13m
James Dyson Design School, Bath, England
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House of the Human Rights Cultural Centre - proposal, Milan, Italy
2007-
Footbridge, Stirling, Scotland
2007-
Image unveiled Apr 2007
Mixed use towers, Chatham, Kent, England
2007-
Two towers with 300 apartments
Princesshay shopping centre, Exeter, southwest England
2007
Chapman Taylor; Panter Hudspith; Wilkinson Eyre
Recent Buildings include:
City and Islington College, Islington, north London
National Waterfront Museum, South Dock, Swansea, Wales
Guangzhou West Tower, China
John Madejski Academy, South Reading, Berkshire, southeast England
King's Watefront Civic Facilities, Liverpool, northwest England
Alpine House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, southwest London
Featured Wilkinson Eyre Buildings:
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - 'Winking Bridge', North East England
Wilkinson Eyre Bridge - Newcastle
Stratford Market Depot - Stratford Station, East London, South East England
1996
Chris Wilkinson Architects
image from RIAS in 2002 re Convention
London building
Other key Wilkinson Eyre Buildings / Bridges:
Maidstone Bridge, Kent, South East England
Hulme Bridge, Manchester, North West England
Science Museum - Challenge of Materials Gallery, London
Magna Centre, Rotherham, North England
Museum of London Redevelopment – Phase 1: 2003
Recent Wilkinson Eyre Building:
City and Islington College: Centre for Lifelong Learning, Blackstock Rd, Islington, north London
Museum of London Redevelopment
2006-09
£18m
Michael A Ashcroft Building
Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford, Essex
2003
This new Business School includes a 160-seat auditorium, built on the site of a former machine-bearing factory.
Part of wider masterplan for Anglia Polytechnic University Rivermead Campus.
The Michael A Ashcroft Building adjoins the existing Queen's Building.
Wilkinson Eyre : Civic Trust Awards 2005
RIBA Awards 2006 - London
South London:
Alpine House, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Surrey
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Client: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Wilkinson Eyre : RIBA Awards
Empress State refurbishment, Earls Court, west London
2002
Twisting Bridge, between Royal Ballet School & Royal Opera House, Floral St, Covent Garden, London
2003
2001 architecture competition winner
Stratford Market Depot, east London
1996
Chris Wilkinson Architects
Chris Wilkinson of Wilkinson Eyre talked at the RIAS Conference in 2002:
Chris Wilkinson was deservingly proud of his own and his colleagues' achievements in the world of building technology, using examples such as the Hulme Arch bridge in Manchester, the unbuilt Merryhill multiplex cinema and again unbuilt bridge in northern Greece. He ended with two exceptional projects - the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Newcastle and the Stirling Prize 2002 winner, the Magna Centre, Rotherham.
[review - isabelle lomholt]
The light bulb went off in my partner Jim Eyre's head
'One of those moments you'll never forget'
Chris Wilkinson on the Gateshead Millennium Bridge finally being manouvered into position with possibly the world's largest floating crane still there.
Chris's talk was honed to perfection and full of inventive and intelligent schemes. Back in the Eighties I felt that Wilkinson was just another Foster accolyte putting technology on the pedestal like another conference speaker, Nick Grimshaw. The slides, shown in slick overlap sequences, showed a more lyrical side, though one felt that engineering was still a strong draw.
Each project from the Maidstone Bridge to Stratford Station, from the Hulme Bridge to the Science Museum, started with invention, simple strong concepts carried through in a remarkable fashion. The four original ideas for the Challenge of Materials Gallery were clearly visible in the built result: such tenacity shows skill, determination and vision. Again, the competition-winning montage for the Gateshead bridge was near identical to the completed work.
Chris ended of course with the Stirling Prize winner, the Magna Centre in Rotherham. It could be argued that this was not as imaginative as the Eden Centre, but as a series of interventions on a low budget this scheme is very successful. It also has given hope to an area in very real need.
[review - adrian welch]
Wilkinson Eyre Building - image provided by RIAS May 2002
Millennium Bridge - image © adrian welch
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