Ray Hole Architects is an English architectural practice, based in

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...

, specialising in cultural and leisure-based projects. Their work includes: * the VW and Bentley Pavilions at

Autostadt The Autostadt (German for ''Automobile City'') is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. The complex was designed by Henn GmbH. It features a museum, feature pavilions ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' feat ...

Museum (2008) at the

London Pavilion The London Pavilion is a building on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street on the north-east side of Piccadilly Circus in London. It is currently a shopping arcade and part of the Trocadero Centre. Early history The first buildi ...

, Piccadilly Circus *

Hafod Eryri , type = Station on heritage railway , image = Snowdon Mountain Railway summit station sign.jpg , borough = Llanberis, Gwynedd , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name ...

, the new £8.4M Snowdon summit building (2009) * the new

Seaton tram station The Seaton tramway station is the southern terminus of the Seaton Tramway. The station is situated in the town centre of the town of Seaton in the English county of Devon. The terminus at Seaton opened in 1975, and has since been entirely reb ...

* buildings at

Marwell Wildlife Marwell Zoo is a zoo situated in Colden Common near Winchester, Hampshire, Winchester, in the English county of Hampshire. It is owned and run by the registered charity Marwell Wildlife. The zoo is home to 1,208 animals of 149 species. The ch ...

. * masterplanning for the

Hurghada Hurghada (; ar, الغردقة ', ) is a city in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. It is one of the country's main tourist centres located on the Red Sea coast. Overview Hurghada was founded in the early 20th century. For many decades it wa ...

Cultural Leisure Centre in Egypt The VW Pavilion at Autostadt won an FX International Design and Architecture Award). Hafod Eryri won the

National Eisteddfod of Wales The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ') is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Eur ...

Gold Medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

for Architecture in 2009.Gold Medal for Architecture
, National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 2015-01-07.

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Ray Hole Architects
Architecture firms based in London Welsh Eisteddfod Gold Medal winners Companies based in the London Borough of Croydon {{UK-architect-stub