WilkinsonEyre is an international
architecture
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practice based in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, England. In 1983
Chris Wilkinson founded Chris Wilkinson Architects, he partnered with
Jim Eyre in 1987 and the practice was renamed WilkinsonEyre in 1999. The practice has led the completion of many high-profiled projects such as Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Cooled Conservatories Gardens by the Bay, Oxford's Weston Library and Guangzhou International Finance Center.
Project list
Key projects:
Bridges
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Toronto Eaton Centre
The Toronto Eaton Centre (corporately styled as the CF Toronto Eaton Centre since September 2015, and commonly referred to simply as the Eaton Centre) is a shopping mall and office complex in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is ...
, Queen Street Bridge
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Twin Sails Bridge
The Twin Sails Bridge (also known as The Second Harbour Crossing) is a double leaved bascule bridge in Poole, Dorset, England. The bridge provides a second road link from Poole Town Centre to Hamworthy. The intention is that the bridge will allo ...
, Poole
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The Peace Bridge, Derry, UK
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Forthside Bridge, Stirling, UK
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Gateshead Millennium Bridge
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne between Gateshead arts quarter on the south bank and Newcastle upon Tyne's Quayside area on the north bank. It was the first tilting bridge ever ...
, Gateshead
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Lille Langebro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cultural
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Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection is a museum and library based at 183 Euston Road, London, displaying a mixture of medical artefacts and original artworks exploring "ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art". Founded in 2007, the Wellcome C ...
, London, UK
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Cooled Conservatories, Gardens by the Bay
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Weston Library
The Weston Library is part of the Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, reopened within the former New Bodleian Library building on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road in central Oxford, England.
Histo ...
, Oxford, UK
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Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth, UK
* Wellcome, The Medicine Galleries at the Science Museum, London, UK
Education
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Dyson Institute Village (Campus Expansion), Malmesbury
* City and Islington College: Centre for Lifelong Learning
* University of Bristol: Fry Building, Bristol, UK
* University of Exeter: Forum Project, Exeter, UK
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Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham, UK
Public Buildings
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Hull Paragon Interchange
Hull Paragon Interchange is a transport interchange providing rail, bus and coach services located in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. The G. T. Andrews-designed station was originally named ''Paragon Station'', and togethe ...
, Kingston upon Hull, UK
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Stratford station, London, UK
Tall Buildings
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Crown Sydney
Crown Sydney (also referred to as One Barangaroo) is a skyscraper in Barangaroo, New South Wales, Australia. Designed by WilkinsonEyre, it stands at a height of with 75 floors, making it the tallest building in Sydney and 4th tallest build ...
Sydney, Australia
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One Queensbridge Melbourne, Australia
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CIBC Square
CIBC Square (known during early stages of development as Bay Park Centre) is an office complex under construction in the South Core neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The complex, located on Bay Street south of Front Street, is a joint de ...
Toronto, Canada
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Guangzhou International Finance Centre, Guangzhou, China
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10 Brock Street, London, UK
Sports and Leisure
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Splashpoint Leisure Centre, Worthing, UK
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London Olympic Basketball Arena, London, UK
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Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) ...
, London, UK
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Liverpool Arena & Conservation Centre, Liverpool, UK
Publications
''The Sketchbooks of Chris Wilkinson'', Royal Academy Publication
''Works'', Thames and Hudson
''Techtonics'', Black Dog Publishing
''Supernature'', Oro Editions
''Exploring Boundaries'', Birkhauser
''Bridging Art & Science'', Booth-Clibborn Editions
''Destinations'', WilkinsonEyre
''New Bodleian - Making the Weston Library''
Awards
* BCO Award, 8 Finsbury Circus (2017)
* RIBA Award, Building of the Year, Weston Library (2016)
* AJ100 Building of the Year, Weston Library (2016)
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British Constructional Steelwork Association's Structural Steel Award, Splashpoint Leisure Centre (2014)
* Building Award, Mary Rose Museum (2014)
* New London Award, Battersea Power Station (2014)
* Civic Trust Award, Twin Sails Bridge (2014)
* ISE Award, Emirates Air Line (2013)
* RIBA Lubetkin Prize, Cooled Conservatories, Gardens by the Bay (2013)
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World Architecture Festival
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Award, Sport Category, Splashpoint Leisure Centre (2013)
* RIBA Lubetkin Prize, Guangzhou International Finance Center (2012)
* RIBA Stirling Prize, Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2002)
* RIBA Stirling Prize,
Magna (2001)
References
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Architecture firms based in London
Stirling Prize laureates
Companies established in 1983
Bridge architects
1983 establishments in England
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