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Grimshaw acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and Owners of this country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.Acknowledgment of Country

On display as part of Melbourne Design Week 2020, ‘Evolution’ is a Grimshaw exhibition that charts the progression of our practice and celebrates the responsibility of architecture in shaping our world. Showcasing a selection of our most renowned and contemporary projects, ranging in scale and geography, ‘Evolution’ aims to create a public discourse around the importance of good design. It delves into how architecture can take inspiration from local contexts, while examining the role that new materials, technology and innovative structures can play in realising ambitious transport hubs, housing schemes, cultural landmarks and smart learning environments.Through exclusive drawings, models, lm and Augmented Reality, ‘Evolution’ explores what it takes to create buildings and places which express a clear cultural identity and a sense of place, while also working for those who inhabit them every day.To date the exhibition has toured major cities and design festivals around the world, with appearances in London, Liverpool, Dubai and Shanghai. At the conclusion of Melbourne Design Week, ‘Evolution’ will travel to Auckland and the US. #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne#GrimshawEvolution Facebook: @GrimshawArchitectsInstagram: @GrimshawAchTwitter: @GrimshawAchLinkedIn: GrimshawMelbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV. Explore the full program at designweek.melbourne

The Australian PracticeThe work of our Australian studios is focussed on providing innovative, beautiful and distinctive design solutions that respond specically to the environmental, social, cultural, and economic context of each project. Our practice continues to act as a single international entity, sharing knowledge, expertise, and team members across our locations in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur.Our work responds to the needs and resources of the contemporary world. We relish the challenges inherent across a wide range of work, engaging our expertise and agility to deliver lasting, meaningful design that brings value and joy to clients and users. The buildings we produce come from a detailed understanding of the functions they must full, the conditions they have to provide and the materials from which they are constructed. The practice’s work is characterised by strong conceptual legibility, innovation and a rigorous approach to detailing, all underpinned by the principles of humane, enduring and sustainable design.Everything we produce, from buildings to master plans to industrial design, is the culmination of an evolutionary process that derives beauty from form, economy and eciency. With each project we learn more about creating forms interacting with place, exploring processes that harness a diversity of people, and enacting partnerships with our client to enable pathways for outstanding achievement. We aim to be a carbon neutral operation by 2021. Through our respect for the fragility and resources of our planet, we search for optimal solutions to create architecture that seeks a regenerative potential, that uses resources without redundancy, and which enables comfortable healthy environments that instil wonder and delight while simultaneously attending to the functional and social needs and aspirations of the individuals we serve. We intend to design buildings and environments that work, that can inspire people and transform communities. All of our projects will be designed to be capable of net carbon zero by 2030.The practice is dedicated to the deepest level of involvement in the design of its buildings, committing to the challenges of all phases of execution, and delivering the highest possible standards of excellence that propose the extraordinary and the unique.

The Melbourne Studio Grimshaw opened its Melbourne studio in 2002, following an invitation to lead the design of the renewal of Spencer Street Station, in collaboration with a local practice. Opened in 2006, Southern Cross Station remains one the practice’s most iconic projects and spearheaded Grimshaw’s entry into Australia. The 100-strong studio now works on a range of major projects including infrastructure, aviation, education and commercial workplaces with a portfolio spanning from the Middle East to New Zealand.Based in a former industrial print works on the edge of Melbourne’s Central Business District, the open-plan workspace is designed to support the practice’s core ideals of exploration, collaboration and ingenuity.The studio’s signicant current and recently completed projects include; The Doherty Institute, 699 Bourke Street and 664 Collins Street air rights developments, Oldereet (477 Collins Street), University of Melbourne Campus Development Framework, Mernda Rail Extension, various transformational projects at Melbourne Airport and Auckland Airport, Auckland’s City Light Rail, Sydney Airport, 35 Collins Street, Oakleigh Central, Fitzroy Gasworks, Papua New Guinea’s Kutubu Convention Centre and The Shipwreck Coast master plan. The Sydney Studio Grimshaw’s Sydney studio was established in 2010. Its intent was to extend Grimshaw’s contribution to city dening projects and to impart typological innovation through initiatives in climate based design, learning, social and organisational culture, and the exploitation of technology.It has now grown to over 100 members, with a focus on strategic urban planning, the architecture of complex education and recreation facilities, workplace towers, transport infrastructure, and the industrial design of urban componentry.In 2017, the practice moved into 333 George Street — a Grimshaw-designed building. The new studio, immersed in its historic location of Martin Place, engages with the street and city, making the process of architectural production visible. The studio’s signicant current and recently completed projects include Martin Place Metro, Sydney Airport Terminal 1 Pier A, the commercial towers at 333 and 210 George Street, Freshwater Tower, Melbourne, Sydney CBD & South East Light Rail, Arthur Phillip High School & Parramatta Public School, Monash University’s Woodside Building for Technology and Design Building, the UNSW Hilmer Building and Science and Engineering Building, University of Sydney F23 Administration Building, Green Square Aquatic Centre & Gunyama Park, Parramatta Aquatic Centre, the Central to Eveleigh Urban Transformation and Transport Program and a Precinct Master Plan for the World Heritage listed Sydney Opera House.

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A modern-day wonder of the world, the Eden Project broke the mould, not only for environmental architecture but also for botanical gardens, natural research centres and science-driven visitor attractions. It has allowed tens of millions to experience, rediscover and deepen their appreciation for the natural world as never before. Grimshaw’s ETFE Polymer ‘biomes’ are the closest realisation of the iconic 20th century visions of Buckminster Fuller. Sited over 15 hectares, the project is significant not only for architecture and ecology, but also for the local economy and sustainability of the region. The Eden ProjectCornwall, United Kingdom—The cladding panels are triple-layered pillows of high performance ETFE foil designed for environmental eciency by providing maximum surface area with minimal perimeter detailing——The second phase of The Eden Project’s development brought to life the ‘biomes’, a sequence of eight inter-linked geodesic transparent domes covering 2.2 ha and encapsulating vast humid tropical and warm temperate regions—Date: 2001 Client: The Eden Project Area: 23,000 sq m / 247, 570 sq ft (Biomes)Typoloy: Arts & Culture, Master PlanninPerched on a steep hillside overlooking the city of Troy, NY, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute pushes the capacity for performance and play. The primary concert hall is clad in sustainable Western Red cedar wood, demonstrating top-quality craftsmanship and allowing for extraordinary acoustic performance and fidelity, just like the finest of musical instruments. While state-of-the-art rehearsal and performance spaces – which can be reconfigured thanks to modular rigging and seating systems – allow for acoustic isolation, the large shared atrium is animated by informal social life. Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)Troy, New York, United States of America—Acoustic performance is manifest in the building’s external design and identity, viewed by the public almost as a musical instrument, symbolic of the fine acoustics that lie within——The design concept of the building creates a multifunctional layout where performances and other activities can take place simultaneously—Date: 2008 Client: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteArea: 19,120 sq m / 202,000 sq ftTypoloy: Arts & Culture, Learnin

A modern-day wonder of the world, the Eden Project broke the mould, not only for environmental architecture but also for botanical gardens, natural research centres and science-driven visitor attractions. It has allowed tens of millions to experience, rediscover and deepen their appreciation for the natural world as never before. Grimshaw’s ETFE Polymer ‘biomes’ are the closest realisation of the iconic 20th century visions of Buckminster Fuller. Sited over 15 hectares, the project is significant not only for architecture and ecology, but also for the local economy and sustainability of the region. The Eden ProjectCornwall, United Kingdom—The cladding panels are triple-layered pillows of high performance ETFE foil designed for environmental eciency by providing maximum surface area with minimal perimeter detailing——The second phase of The Eden Project’s development brought to life the ‘biomes’, a sequence of eight inter-linked geodesic transparent domes covering 2.2 ha and encapsulating vast humid tropical and warm temperate regions—Date: 2001 Client: The Eden Project Area: 23,000 sq m / 247, 570 sq ft (Biomes)Typoloy: Arts & Culture, Master PlanninPerched on a steep hillside overlooking the city of Troy, NY, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute pushes the capacity for performance and play. The primary concert hall is clad in sustainable Western Red cedar wood, demonstrating top-quality craftsmanship and allowing for extraordinary acoustic performance and fidelity, just like the finest of musical instruments. While state-of-the-art rehearsal and performance spaces – which can be reconfigured thanks to modular rigging and seating systems – allow for acoustic isolation, the large shared atrium is animated by informal social life. Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)Troy, New York, United States of America—Acoustic performance is manifest in the building’s external design and identity, viewed by the public almost as a musical instrument, symbolic of the fine acoustics that lie within——The design concept of the building creates a multifunctional layout where performances and other activities can take place simultaneously—Date: 2008 Client: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteArea: 19,120 sq m / 202,000 sq ftTypoloy: Arts & Culture, Learnin

Arranged in an inviting, open-armed stance, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is composed of four buildings, imbued with organic and sculpted volumes and playful geometries – including the spherical planetarium and a droplet-shaped aquarium. These attractions combine with sustainable innovations in ventilation, energy and water reuse, to create a visitor experience that takes full advantage of the site’s climate and ocean views. Light and shade play across the building’s textured facade, while the interplay of indoor and outdoor spaces underline the museum’s connection to its downtown Miami location. Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Miami, Florida, United States of America—The unique cone shape of the 550,000-gallon Gulf Stream Aquarium spans three floors to provide a cornerless environment for ocean-cruising wildlife—Date: 2017Client: Miami Science MuseumArea: 23,225 sq m / 250,000 sq ftTypoloy: Arts & Culture—The museum features various exhibition galleries, a planetarium and the ‘Living Core’. Located in Museum Park just o Biscayne Bay, the design takes advantage of the wider urban context and of its solar and wind orientation—Disney Resort TomorrowlandShanghai, ChinaWorking in collaboration with a team of illustrators, script writers and designers from one of the world’s largest theme park entertainment providers, Grimshaw imagined a contemporary architectural backdrop and armature around which stories can be told and memorable experiences had just outside Shanghai, China. The signature, unifying architectural element is a diaphanous, undulating and dynamic façade, the Ribbon, that functions both as a canopy and formal organizational element. The programmable façade protects and climatizes public spaces below while organizing circulation and supporting a wide variety of entertainment functions.Date: 2016 Client: DisneyTypoloy: Culture—The arcing ETFE canopy traces the curves of a dynamic attraction, while shading guests below from sun and rain. Curving paths are punctuated by a diverse collection of native plants that create a series of exquisite and otherworldly landscapes.——As a cluster of jet packs twirl and a web of lights chases zooming roller coaster trains, Tomorrowland guests are able to look out over the land from multi-level pathways, strategically placed lookouts and thoughtfully placed seating and dining areas.—

Arranged in an inviting, open-armed stance, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is composed of four buildings, imbued with organic and sculpted volumes and playful geometries – including the spherical planetarium and a droplet-shaped aquarium. These attractions combine with sustainable innovations in ventilation, energy and water reuse, to create a visitor experience that takes full advantage of the site’s climate and ocean views. Light and shade play across the building’s textured facade, while the interplay of indoor and outdoor spaces underline the museum’s connection to its downtown Miami location. Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Miami, Florida, United States of America—The unique cone shape of the 550,000-gallon Gulf Stream Aquarium spans three floors to provide a cornerless environment for ocean-cruising wildlife—Date: 2017Client: Miami Science MuseumArea: 23,225 sq m / 250,000 sq ftTypoloy: Arts & Culture—The museum features various exhibition galleries, a planetarium and the ‘Living Core’. Located in Museum Park just o Biscayne Bay, the design takes advantage of the wider urban context and of its solar and wind orientation—Disney Resort TomorrowlandShanghai, ChinaWorking in collaboration with a team of illustrators, script writers and designers from one of the world’s largest theme park entertainment providers, Grimshaw imagined a contemporary architectural backdrop and armature around which stories can be told and memorable experiences had just outside Shanghai, China. The signature, unifying architectural element is a diaphanous, undulating and dynamic façade, the Ribbon, that functions both as a canopy and formal organizational element. The programmable façade protects and climatizes public spaces below while organizing circulation and supporting a wide variety of entertainment functions.Date: 2016 Client: DisneyTypoloy: Culture—The arcing ETFE canopy traces the curves of a dynamic attraction, while shading guests below from sun and rain. Curving paths are punctuated by a diverse collection of native plants that create a series of exquisite and otherworldly landscapes.——As a cluster of jet packs twirl and a web of lights chases zooming roller coaster trains, Tomorrowland guests are able to look out over the land from multi-level pathways, strategically placed lookouts and thoughtfully placed seating and dining areas.—

New York City’s Via Verde addresses the challenge of social housing provision. The scheme comprises 222 units varying from townhouses to duplex apartments; just 71 of these are for middle-income sale, while the remainder are balanced between low to moderate income rentals. Centred around the core design concept of roof terraces spiralling down to a shared courtyard, Via Verde’s uncompromising quality and performance belie the social mobility embodied in this multi-faceted addition to the Bronx’s urban fabric. Promoting both physical and social well-being, the scheme sought to be a pilot for similar urban typologies. Via VerdeNew York, New York, United States of America—The key design concept is a series of roof terraces spiraling from the top down to a courtyard. Rainwater is collected from all the roofs and stored onsite for reuse——Via Verde reflects a public commitment to create the next generation of social housing and seeks to provide a setting for healthy, sustainable living—Date: 2012Client: Jonathan Rose Companies / The Phipps HousesArea: 27,000 sq m / 290,000 sq ftTypoloy: LivinQingdao Eden ProjectQingdao, ChinaEden Qingdao introduces a new member of the Eden Project family that focuses on water and its vital role in life on Earth. Aimed at entertaining, educating and inspiring a diverse audience from around China and the world, Eden Qingdao will bring a unique cultural experience to China that blends science, art, education and entertainment. Highlights will include the largest indoor rainforest in the world as well as world-class water gardens, both indoors and outdoors. The project will exemplify good design with unique nature-inflected environments that will surprise and delight a diverse array of visitors. Eden Qingdao will adhere to strict goals for sustainability, energy management and waste management as the cultural attraction comes to life.—Eden Qingdao will oer a unique experience to a local, national and international audience, which will simultaneously entertain, educate and inspire, as well as deliver social, economic and environmental benefits alongside excellent commercial returns.——Eden Qingdao focuses on water, upholding the importance of aquatic environments of all kinds and their important role inlife on earth.—Date: 2021Client: Qindao Eden ProjectArea: 960,800 sq mTypoloy: Culture

New York City’s Via Verde addresses the challenge of social housing provision. The scheme comprises 222 units varying from townhouses to duplex apartments; just 71 of these are for middle-income sale, while the remainder are balanced between low to moderate income rentals. Centred around the core design concept of roof terraces spiralling down to a shared courtyard, Via Verde’s uncompromising quality and performance belie the social mobility embodied in this multi-faceted addition to the Bronx’s urban fabric. Promoting both physical and social well-being, the scheme sought to be a pilot for similar urban typologies. Via VerdeNew York, New York, United States of America—The key design concept is a series of roof terraces spiraling from the top down to a courtyard. Rainwater is collected from all the roofs and stored onsite for reuse——Via Verde reflects a public commitment to create the next generation of social housing and seeks to provide a setting for healthy, sustainable living—Date: 2012Client: Jonathan Rose Companies / The Phipps HousesArea: 27,000 sq m / 290,000 sq ftTypoloy: LivinQingdao Eden ProjectQingdao, ChinaEden Qingdao introduces a new member of the Eden Project family that focuses on water and its vital role in life on Earth. Aimed at entertaining, educating and inspiring a diverse audience from around China and the world, Eden Qingdao will bring a unique cultural experience to China that blends science, art, education and entertainment. Highlights will include the largest indoor rainforest in the world as well as world-class water gardens, both indoors and outdoors. The project will exemplify good design with unique nature-inflected environments that will surprise and delight a diverse array of visitors. Eden Qingdao will adhere to strict goals for sustainability, energy management and waste management as the cultural attraction comes to life.—Eden Qingdao will oer a unique experience to a local, national and international audience, which will simultaneously entertain, educate and inspire, as well as deliver social, economic and environmental benefits alongside excellent commercial returns.——Eden Qingdao focuses on water, upholding the importance of aquatic environments of all kinds and their important role inlife on earth.—Date: 2021Client: Qindao Eden ProjectArea: 960,800 sq mTypoloy: Culture

Grimshaw is involved in a number of modular housing schemes globally in an eort to address housing shortages in meaningful ways that utilize thoughtful, adaptable designs. Utilizing new materials and new ideas about the ways we live, each scheme responds in accordance with its unique site attributes and project goals.Atelio is a turn-key solution to housing integrating manufacturing, housing design, master planning, community design and construction into a single oer. The homes can be set up in any configuration from 4-5 bedroom houses, to single storey studios and rooftop extensions.SG Blocks utilizes highly-sustainable, maritime-grade shipping containers to create environments for living. Grimshaw has developed multiple concepts with the company in an eort to provide a range of design solutions that make the most of the containers’ potential. Water Dwellings address potential flooding risks and increasing housing and land costs simultaneously, these modular dwellings utilize o set fabrication to deliver a quality product, quickly. Modular buildingsVarious locations

The Peak is a highly ecient and economical housing product that oers exciting possibilities in a market that is struggling with severe aordability, sustainability and build quality related issues. It makes a comparatively spacious and liveable high-end design product aordable and attainable. Designed for Nestd™, a social enterprise of Kids Under Cover which works to prevent youth homelessness in Australia, The Peak is a prefabricated sustainable small home that oers numerous siting possibilities. The design for both Peak 1 and Peak 2 maximises a small footprint through compact and clever planning. While Peak 2 oers two storeys, both housing products feature tall ceilings and corner glazing creating spacious light filled volumes unlike other similar housing types on the market. Date: P1 2018, P2 2020 Client: NestdTMArea Peak 1 - 32.5 sq m Peak 2 - 46.5 sq m (5.5 sq m balcony)Typoloy: LivinThe PeakDesigned in Melbourne, Australia—With 100% of the profit used to prevent youth homelessness, The Peak is designed to appeal to a range of consumers and provides a sustainable, high-end design product, beyond a typical ‘granny flat’ scenario. ——The Peak is a net zero carbon design celebrating renewable timber construction with Passive House certification with complete o-grid capability.—

The center is a reconstruction of and addition to a venerable 1931 structure that provides student life spaces and a progressive dining program. The new design introduces lightness and porosity to the structure, inviting students to comfortable and dynamic spaces centered on a 12-venue international food market.Student life spaces were developed around the idea of a social precinct, containing a variety of flexible spaces and seating areas equipped for technology and academic needs. Aimed at providing a one-of-a-kind dining and student life experience for undergraduates, the building and amenities within seek to underpin a healthy, interactive student body prepared to learn and lead.Duke University, The Richard H. Brodhead Center for Campus LifeDurham, North Carolina, United States of America—The program for the Brodhead Center responds to the building’s role as a place for nourishment, both literal and figurative, formal and informal, with a variety of academic and social spaces.—Date: 2015 Client: Duke UniversityArea: 10,219 sq m / 110,000 sq ftTypoloy: Learnin—The refined structure seeks to maintain its unique sense of place amongst the wider historic campus as a new identity emerges as a re-energized nexus for student life and a prime spot for a variety of high-quality food and drink.—

The center is a reconstruction of and addition to a venerable 1931 structure that provides student life spaces and a progressive dining program. The new design introduces lightness and porosity to the structure, inviting students to comfortable and dynamic spaces centered on a 12-venue international food market.Student life spaces were developed around the idea of a social precinct, containing a variety of flexible spaces and seating areas equipped for technology and academic needs. Aimed at providing a one-of-a-kind dining and student life experience for undergraduates, the building and amenities within seek to underpin a healthy, interactive student body prepared to learn and lead.Duke University, The Richard H. Brodhead Center for Campus LifeDurham, North Carolina, United States of America—The program for the Brodhead Center responds to the building’s role as a place for nourishment, both literal and figurative, formal and informal, with a variety of academic and social spaces.—Date: 2015 Client: Duke UniversityArea: 10,219 sq m / 110,000 sq ftTypoloy: Learnin—The refined structure seeks to maintain its unique sense of place amongst the wider historic campus as a new identity emerges as a re-energized nexus for student life and a prime spot for a variety of high-quality food and drink.—Date: 2020Client: NSW Department of EducationArea: 21,700 sq mTypoloy: Science and LearninArthur Phillip High School & Parramatta Primary SchoolSydney, Australia—Spaces within the 17-storey high school are dimensioned and designed to oer maximum reconfigurability and flexibility in use, with a ‘kit-of-parts’ approach to furniture and spatial elements that accommodate a variety of learning styles and facilities. —In collaboration with BVNThe integrated redevelopment of Arthur Phillip High School and Parramatta Public School is a landmark education precinct in Sydney, Australia. The first prototype in NSW for future-focused schools in a purpose-designed vertically integrated high-rise building with associated primary school, through an aligned consultation and pedagogical development process; it provides the benchmark for all future projects. The distinctive achievement of the Schools arises from their precedent-setting configuration where new spatial models for learning in distinct student communities occur over multiple levels. The Schools provide a holistic student-centred experience with an emphasis on individual learning needs and wellbeing.

Date: 2020Client: Monash UniversityArea: 17,290 sq mTypoloy: Science and LearninMonash University, The Woodside TEd BuildingMelbourne, Australia—The 19,000m2 five story building is conceived as a modular steel framed armature ordered into tartan geometry of three linear elements spanning 12m for the ‘design build studios’ and co-lab spaces, 24m for flat floor and tiered learning spaces below and the academic and research above, and 6m for the informal collaboration——The lower three levels accommodate 30 dierent modular learning spaces of varying dimensions enabling an array of visually and spatially interconnected volumes that are orientated to sunlight and views, further activating the landscaped public realm of the campus. —The Woodside Building for Technology and Design is a transformational learning and teaching building for Monash University at their Clayton Campus in Melbourne. As a transdisciplinary facility for the Faculties of Engineering and Information Technology, it establishes new education standards and world leading environmental innovation as one of the most energy ecient and innovative teaching buildings of its type. It has been designed with Passive House metrics to create an ultra-low energy building with all-electric services, integrating purpose built immersive and interactive learning and laboratory spaces.

Date: 2018Client: LendleaseArea: 8565 sq mTypoloy: Science and LearninUniversity of Sydney,F23 Administration BuildingSydney, Australia—A stoic, glass, steel and sandstone block is topped by an elegantly cantilevered roof The ground floor dissolves into the public domain, in dialogue with the adjacent historical structures and passing pedestrian trac.——A civic structure of independent but linked communities, circulation is celebrated via a suspended timber casement staircase and a freestanding, transparent glass lift shaft.—A recently inaugurated administration building by Grimshaw heralds a new era for Australia’s oldest university, incarnating a spirit of openness and collaboration. The F23 Administration Building is the embodiment of cohesion and an ecient operations facility. Accommodating heads of eleven academic departments and their sta, the building is predicated on a model of transparency grounded in a sense of gravitas. Balconies emphasise the grand horizontal plane. Breakout zones wrap around the atrium. Designed to accommodate some 520 sta, the building feels animated but never overcrowded. F23 is in and of its place, anchored but outward-looking.

Date: 2019Client: UNSWArea: 24,000 sq mTypoloy: Science and LearninUniversity of New South Wales,Hilmer & SEB BuildingsSydney, Australia—An integrated ensemble of adaptable, high-performance buildings that can be reconfigured with minimal disruption, supporting UNSW’s ongoing research and teaching program, re-defining and future-proofing the UNSW campus.—The Science and Engineering Building, along with the Hilmer Material Science Building, the Esme Timbery Building and the Alumni Green complete the transformation of the Sciences and Engineering Precinct at UNSW. 45,000m2 of research laboratories and teaching facilities are accommodated between two conjoined buildings. Porosity within the laboratory environment allows for research programs to occur in clusters of horizontal or vertically connected ‘neighbourhoods’. The clarifying order to the o-white GRC façade louvres angle in orientation to disclose the interconnecting collaborative activities or to protect the individual diagnostic work, resulting in the distinguished geometric play of light, transparency and shadow.

Upon completion, the City Rail Link will provide a 3.4km double-track underground electrified rail line for Auckland’s city centre. Britomart will become a through station, three new underground stations will be provided at Aotea, Karangahape Road and Newton, and a fourth above-ground interchange station will be created at Dominion Road. This new line will transform the development of the Auckland Rail system to significantly improve its capacity, provide greater choice in city access and, in turn, advance urban development and regeneration potential for the region. Through culturally and ecologically responsive design, the architecture of the stations seeks to promote long-term social and environmental sustainability for the city of Auckland, and enhance the city’s urban identity.Date: 2024 Client: Auckland TransportArea Tunnel Lenth: 3.5 kmTypoloy: Rail and Mass TransitCity Rail LinkAuckland, New Zealand—With Auckland’s entire rail network expected to carry 20-25 million passengers per annum, the City Rail Link will dramatically reduce journey times within the city centre.——The City Rail Link is New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project ever.—

Auckland Airport patronage is increasing rapidly. As such, the Airport is undertaking a multi-million-dollar expansion to its international arrivals area – the touch-down point for more than five million international travellers every year. The new arrivals area will connect with the Airport’s existing Tomokanga (carved gateway), Karanga (ceremonial welcome) and birdsong welcome, and immigration areas. Travellers will then move into a reconfigured baggage reclaim area, and on to an expanded biosecurity zone before stepping into a large, light-filled arrivals atrium. Timber and finishes featuring local material, plus design elements created with Mana Whenua engagement (Maori tribe appointed representatives and artists) will add to the uniquely New Zealand arrival experience.Date: 2023 Client: Mott Macdonald for Auckland AirportArea 30,000 sq mTypoloy: AviationAuckland AirportAuckland, New Zealand—As the gateway to Auckland, the new terminals will celebrate the unique aspects of New Zealand’s culture and environment. ——The expansion will provide an intuitive and relaxing experience within the terminals, and faster more ecient transfers between domestic jet and international flights.—

Celebrating the re-introduction of rail to the North-East of Melbourne, the Mernda Rail Extension has produced three state-of-the-art stations at Middle Gorge, Mernda and Hawkstowe, eight kilometres of new duplicated rail line and five grade separations. Connecting the growing communities in Melbourne’s inner north to the CBD, the extension project has created a new civic identity for the areas along the corridor. Considering the role of placemaking in the semi-rural region, each of the stations’ form draws inspiration from the Australian homestead with its traditional roof configuration and verandas, while stone and timber recovered from the site have been reused in station building finishes. The interiors of all three stations are open and vibrant with building elements and vertical transportation components arranged to provide passengers with clear circulation and intuitive wayfinding.Date: 2019Client: Level Crossin Removal AuthorityArea: Mernda 8,235 sq m Hawkstowe 3,144 sq m Middle Gore 7,247 sq mTypoloy: Rail and Mass TransitMernda Rail ExtensionMelbourne, Australia—Corten and galvanised steel materials emphasise the raw, agricultural heritage while metal clad canopy sots create identity to the circulation areas, further enhancing the user experience.——Each station and its precinct seek to enhance the local environment and community through the provision of high-quality, accessible and inclusive design.—

Melbourne’s Southern Cross station was Grimshaw’s first foray into Australia leading to the establishment of the Melbourne and Sydney studios. While the key generators for the station’s design are practical performance, ease of passenger circulation, and an improved working environment for sta, the roof’s dune-like form was fashioned by the performative requirements of the station. Playing a crucial role as part of the environmental envelope, it was developed in response to the external climate, the internal need for diesel extraction and ambient cooling via natural ventilation. Covering an entire city block, it works as a visual bridge between Melbourne’s CBD and the Docklands. Conceived as part of the original Southern Cross Station master plan - sister buildings 664 Collins Street and 699 Bourke Street - seek to provide a simple, timeless backdrop to the station’s undulating roof.Date: 2007 Client: Leihton ContractorsArea: 60,000 sq m Typoloy: Rail and Mass TransitSouthern Cross StationMelbourne, Australia—The Lubetkin Prize winning Southern Cross Station was the practice’s first project designed and delivered in the Southern Hemisphere.——“The spectacular design of the new station, with full glass street frontage and the new Collins Street extension, will ensure that station becomes a new civic landmark for Victoria […] This exciting project will breathe new life into the city and provide a long overdue facelift for its western edge.”Steve Bracks, 44th Premier of Victoria—

The Fulton Center complex is one of the busiest underground interchanges in the NYC subway system, handling an average of 275,000 passengers per day. Organised around a civic scale public space at its core, an atrium is topped by a glass oculus to the sky and defined by a hyperbolic parabaloid cable-net, developed in partnership with artist James Carpenter. This cable net supports a filigree metal inner reflector, geometrically optimised to capture and distribute year-round daylight and sunlight to the deepest levels of the transit center. Surrounding the atrium, a 15m glazed entrance pavilion maintains the urban street wall on Fulton Street and Broadway providing space for retail amenities.Date: 2003 – 2014 Client: MTA – New York City Transit/ArupArea: 34,003 sq mTypoloy: Rail and Mass TransitFulton CenterNew York, New York, United States of America—The 53ft-diameter oculus, fabricated with a cable-net structure, maximises luminosity by capturing natural light, allowing the cable-net panels to reflect light and redirect it deep into the station below——Composed of 112 tensioned cables, 224 high-strength rods and nearly 10,000 individual stainless steel components, the cable-net structure performs optimally in all environmental conditions—

Pragmatic yet dramatic geometry underpins the breathtaking spaces of Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg. The undulating, faceted roofscape is engineered to distribute loads from heavy snow and to withstand the extremes of climate typically experienced in this region. Walkways connect large, well-defined and separate zones, echoing the external terrain of islands connected by bridges, and the large civic spaces that characterise the ‘Venice of the North’, as St Petersburg is also known. Vast, prismatic volumes allow natural light into the space, while the gilded sot reflects the city’s golden domes and spires.Pulkovo AirportSt. Petersburg, Russia—The sot is coloured gold to gild the light entering the building, an eect characteristic of the incidental reflections from the gilded domes and spires of St. Petersburg’s most prominent buildings—Date: 2007 – 2014 Client: Northern Capital Gateway LLCArea: 110,000 sq m / 1,184,030 sq ftTypoloy: Aviation—Pulkovo Airport acts as a gateway to both St. Petersburg and Russia, while reflecting the city it serves. The internal layout of the new terminal consists of well-defined zones, connected to echo the external layout of islands and bridges that make up the city—

Pragmatic yet dramatic geometry underpins the breathtaking spaces of Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg. The undulating, faceted roofscape is engineered to distribute loads from heavy snow and to withstand the extremes of climate typically experienced in this region. Walkways connect large, well-defined and separate zones, echoing the external terrain of islands connected by bridges, and the large civic spaces that characterise the ‘Venice of the North’, as St Petersburg is also known. Vast, prismatic volumes allow natural light into the space, while the gilded sot reflects the city’s golden domes and spires.Pulkovo AirportSt. Petersburg, Russia—The sot is coloured gold to gild the light entering the building, an eect characteristic of the incidental reflections from the gilded domes and spires of St. Petersburg’s most prominent buildings—Date: 2007 – 2014 Client: Northern Capital Gateway LLCArea: 110,000 sq m / 1,184,030 sq ftTypoloy: Aviation—Pulkovo Airport acts as a gateway to both St. Petersburg and Russia, while reflecting the city it serves. The internal layout of the new terminal consists of well-defined zones, connected to echo the external layout of islands and bridges that make up the city—“My great hope is that in the opening decades of this new century architects will lose their obsession with style and image and will design buildings which actually express the forces that act on them.”Sir Nicholas Grimshaw

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The Doherty InstituteMelbourne, AustraliaA keystone building within the University of Melbourne’s Parkville precinct, The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity is a world-class centre for biomedical research. A centre for research excellence and creativity - that befits its namesake and patron, the esteemed Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty - the Institute groups seven major research organisations allowing hundreds of expert scientists, researchers, clinicians, academics, sta and students to share resources, equipment and knowledge. Containing a range of highly specialised laboratories, support spaces, and integrated teaching facilities, the spaces created within the building promote and prioritise the collaboration, but equally the health and wellbeing of the building users. The Doherty is a 5-Star Green Star rated building as awarded by the Green Building Council of Australia. Date: 2014Client: University of Melbourne Area: 25,500 sq mTypoloy: Science and Learnin—In January 2020, The Doherty received world-wide recognition as the first lab outside of China to replicate the Coronavirus, and the first to share it with the World Health Organisation.—

Oldereet, 477 Collins StreetMelbourne, AustraliaDate: 2020Client: MirvacArea: 58,000 sq mTypoloy: Workplace—The initial design for Olderfleet was the result of an internal design charrette, which produced four distinct concepts from Grimshaw’s London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney studios.——Olderfleet is targeting a Platinum WELL certification for the base building, while its design aims to deliver 5 Star Green Star and 5 Star NABERS energy ratings upon completion.—Creating an exclusive oce building for Melbourne’s CBD, Olderfleet oers premium-grade commercial space while integrating with its urban and heritage setting. Set back from three heritage-listed buildings in Collins Street, collectively known as the ‘Olderfleet Buildings’, the 38-storey oce tower rises in a configuration of modules that express the internal organisation of the building. The tenant-focused design incorporates a ‘vertical village’ concept, with the tower split into three separate neighbourhoods which respond to specific tenant requirements providing them with a unique identity within the overall building. At ground level, a permeable face to Collins Street creates an active urban frontage that leads to a light-filled lobby and atrium while providing a through-site connection to Flinders Lane.

333 George StreetSydney, Australia333 George Street provides its occupants with an unrivaled experience of George Street, Regimental Square, and Martin Place – the city, its energy and activities animate the building. The design delivers an elegant solution whereby constraints of the site are realised as distinct features combining to create a workplace with unique amenity, reflecting the character and distinction of its prominent locale. 333 George Street transparently exhibits its workplace while maintaining the highest environmental performance, daylight and views. —The retail base of the building is defined by a sequence of three storey fluted sandstone columns, giving continuity in craftmanship, expression and distinction to the heritage precinct.——The building presents as a sculptured, monolithic glazed sheath over a defined structural frame.—Date: 2016Client: Charter HallArea: 15,900 sq mTypoloy: Workplace

—The 27-storey workplace is conceived as a series of double-height tenancies each benefiting from the spatial volume, character and amenity brought about by the twin floor plate coupling with the potential for larger individual tenancy modules that are vertically connected across several floors—1Date: 2022Client: Poly AustraliaArea: 19,500 sq mTypoloy: Workplace210 George StreetSydney, Australia9—An expressive vaulting and arching structure cantilevers out over the street, and supports a layered façade of external terraces that give shade to the western sun. —Situated at the northern end of Sydney’s CBD adjacent to Circular Quay, 210 George Street forms part of an ensemble of buildings designed to transform the historic harbourside neighbourhood into a leading-edge innovation, creative and commercial district with a unique hospitality and entertainment oering. Expressive and sculptural in form, the design manifests as a tripartite composition of elements which resolve vertically as counterpoised arched volumes. The west facing George Street podium facade is formed with vaulting, cantilevered arches enclosing a continuous double height workplace which extends out to the external terraces.

Martin Place MetroSydney, AustraliaMartin Place, the historic and civic heart of the CBD, will be transformed through Sydney’s first integrated Metro Station redevelopment. The new Martin Place Station sets an international precedent for integrated station development prioritising the public realm, amenities and services and the reinvigoration of the central CBD. The Precinct includes the new Martin Place metro station interconnecting with the existing city station; 100,000m2 of commercial oces place within two towers buildings above the station; a retail, dining and lifestyle hub; new underground pedestrian connections; cultural facilities and enhanced public domain, creating a vibrant public precinct at the civic centre of Sydney.Date: 2023Client: Macquarie CapitalArea: 9,300 sq mTypoloy: Rail and Mass Transit—The developed proposition provides a contiguous vital public realm, interconnected concourses, activated streetscapes, and arrival spaces of spectacular volume and day-lit environmental amenity——A 6 storey void from platform level to street level is illuminated by the northern sun. This chamber provides legible and quick paths of egress and entry—

Sydney Light RailSydney, AustraliaDate: 2020Client: Transport for NSWArea: 9,300 sq mTypoloy: Rail and Mass Transit—Bronze has been selected as the primary cladding material for the stops’ canopies. An alloy of copper and tin, bronze is a noble material that has historic significance across the Sydney CBD.——The architecture of the stops enables a subtle ordering of movement and marks the places of embarking with a varying amenity and scale.—The CBD & South East Light Rail has transformed Sydney’s transit modality, redefined George Street as a grand granite paved pedestrian boulevard, re-connected the communities of the inner south eastern suburbs and instituted an urban amenity that has restored the vibrant pedestrian character that once distinguished historic Sydney. Circular Quay, Martin Place, and Town Hall Square emerge as Sydney’s finest ensemble of public spaces. Central Station connects the City through the verdant landscape of Surry Hills, the events of Moore Park, Randwick Racecourse, UNSW and Prince of Wales Hospital.

London Bridge StationLondon, United KingdomThe redevelopment of London Bridge opened in July 2018 following a five-year construction period, throughout which the station remained entirely operational. The project’s design reflects and incorporates the station’s rich history and original Victorian architecture, reusing spaces and materials wherever possible. With 56 million users annually, the new station provides increased capacity by rebuilding extended platforms along the viaduct, and includes an expansive, naturally lit street level concourse to create a new civic space for the Southwark area. A complex and challenging project, London Bridge Station was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2019.Date: 2018Client: ThameslinkArea: 51,000 sq mTypoloy: Rail and Mass Transit —London Bridge Station forms the cornerstone of Thameslink’s ambitious vision, to increase passenger capacity through London by two thirds of its previous volume.——“We always make the analogy that it’s like open heart surgery, because we had to rebuild the station whilst millions of passengers still flowing through it.” Mark Middleton, Partner.—

Neville Bonner Pedestrian BridgeBrisbane, AustraliaDate: 2022Client: Destination Brisbane ConsortiumArea: 330 m lonTypoloy: Infrastructure—The hybrid mast and arch approach is intended to minimise the structure required to span the width of the river, retaining a lightweight feel with a dramatic presence, and an inherently environmentally responsible solution.—Named in honour of the late Indigenous Senator Neville Bonner AO, the first indigenous Australian to be elected to Parliament, the Neville Bonner Pedestrian Bridge will link the banks of the Brisbane River, forming a stronger connection between the South Bank arts and cultural precinct, and the CBD and future Queen’s Wharf precinct. Featuring a dramatically suspended deck to provide fantastic views of the river, city and parklands, and a continuous shading structure to provide protection from the sub-tropical sun, the bridge truly celebrates the pedestrian. The structure has been highly composed and engineered to achieve an elegant and ecient outcome and in turn, a dramatic and unique landmark.

Seafarers BridgeMelbourne, AustraliaThe Seafarers Bridge is informed by its surrounding maritime heritage, proximity to the Polly Woodside clipper anchored along the south bank, and the Mission to Seafarers on the north. It takes its structural point of reference from the sail rig of a Chinese junk. Similarly, it is formed of compression arches arranged in two groups – three small arches to the north, and four to the south. The arches create a processional crescendo that rises towards the Melbourne Convention Centre, drawing visitors into that complex. The bridge deck glides through the cradling structure and is imagined as a wing, lightly arching between the riverbanks with a profiled sot and glass balustrades.Date: 2008Client: Multiplex / Winward Structures Area: 1,560 sq mTypoloy: Infrastructure —Spanning the Yarra River, the Seafarers Bridge is a popular link between the Docklands and Melbourne’s Southbank.——The bridge speaks to its environmental context with lighting signifying the tidal current; blue for ebb, and white for flood.—

Kutubu Convention CentrePort Moresby, Papua New GuineaDate: 2018Client: Stratum GroupArea: 5,600 sq mTypoloy: Culture + Exhibition—More than a legacy project, Kutubu is a cultural landmark and nation-building initiative aimed at creating new sustainable revenues outside of the mining sector.——Spanning 30m wide, 100m long and rising over 16m above the ground, Kutubu’s swooping roof is the largest glued laminated timber structure Grimshaw has ever built.—Located in a former quarry site, the Kutubu Convention Centre is an iconic yet highly functional and sustainable building combining indigenous culture and design traditions with the highest architectural quality. The centrepiece of the Star Mountain Plaza Precinct, an integrated mixed-use civic and hospitality development, Kutubu is set over four levels and combines a 800-seat banquet hall, amphitheatre and open-air function areas, flexible meeting spaces as well as food and beverage outlets. Designed to host the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, which it successfully hosted, Kutubu is defined by a bespoke signature roof inspired by the country’s rural traditional long houses.

World Expo Dubai Sustainability PavilionDubai, United Arab EmiritesDate: 2020Client: Expo 2020Area: 6,300 sq mTypoloy: Culture + Exhibition—“The pavilion’s reach will extend beyond just a visitor’s destination to include exhibition and research facilities where science and the public intersect, simultaneously illuminating the wonders of our fragile planet and the potential that our future earth holds.”Andrew Whalley, Chairman—The Sustainability Pavilion (a net zero carbon project), set to open in October of this year 2020, for the World Expo in Dubai, UAE. The Pavilion aims to illuminate the ingenuity and possibility of architecture as society looks to intelligent strategies for sustainable future living. The pavilion is a unique opportunity to deliver an aspirational message of the natural world, ecology and technology to a global audience. Utilising awe-inspiring architecture, meaningful and impactful exhibitions and a message of opportunity and possibility, Grimshaw has sought to create a holistic experience that is both exhilarating and informative. The pavilion is both net zero energy and net zero water. Grimshaw aspired to design a first-of-its-kind demonstration building that is completely self-sustaining and capable of generating its own power and water supply.

“Buildings, regardless of scale, should be organisms which respond to what needs to happen in them.”Sir Nicholas Grimshaw

Practice Prole

ProleGrimshaw was founded by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw in 1980, and now operates worldwide with studios in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai. The practice employs more than 700 team members globally with over 200 team members in Australia. Grimshaw’s dedication to high quality design is paramount, whether working on low budget structures or high cost buildings with complex technical specication.The practice believes in its responsibility for its work to contribute to worldwide environmental improvement and sustainability. In 2000, Grimshaw became the rst major architectural practice to meet the ISO14001 environmental management system standard.We are experienced collaborators, adept at organising multi-disciplinary teams and have a wide knowledge base of specialist functions that allows us to eectively challenge ideas and preconceptions, creating a coherent, high-quality design that satises the parameters set by the client’s vision.700+220+4042

To p :British Pavilion Expo '92Seville, SpainAbove:Igus Head QuartersCologne, GermanyRight:The Eden ProjectCornwall, United KingdomLeft:Nick Grimshaw on siteHerman Miller factoryThe design solution for each project we undertake is always dierent from the last because our process is based on the fundamental essence of the project program in question. What we strive for – and what is conspicuous in our best work – is the moment a brilliant idea emerges that will drive the identity of a good project to somewhere extraordinary, challenging and completely unique. Examples of this are the Eden Project’s stunning use of ETFE hexagons in lieu of glass, the water-cooled façade of the British Pavilion at Seville’s Expo, the Igus building’s administration pods that can be moved across the factory oor on a cushion of air; these projects were all designed by dierent teams of architects but they all had something in common which made these breakthroughs possible and specically appropriate.These innovations have systemically built upon one another, allowing the practice to extend its range in sectors over time to encompass nearly all building typologies. Our thirst for research-based knowledge continues as an integral part of the Grimshaw practice across all project types and across the globe.

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