Nicholas Grimshaw, hi-tech architect of Eden Project, dies at 85
British architect Nicholas Grimshaw, a pioneer of the hi-tech movement, has died at 85. He designed the geodesic domes of the Eden Project in Cornwall, the original Eurostar terminal at London's Waterloo station (winning the 1994 RIBA Building of the Year award), and parts of the Elizabeth line (winning a second Stirling Prize). His firm, Grimshaw Architects, founded in 1980, also renovated the Queens Museum in New York (2013) and designed Arter contemporary art centre in Istanbul (2022). Grimshaw served as president of the Royal Academy from 2004 to 2011.
Key facts
- Nicholas Grimshaw has died at age 85.
- He was a pioneer of the hi-tech movement in architecture.
- He designed the geodesic domes of the Eden Project in Cornwall.
- He designed the original Eurostar terminal at Waterloo station, London.
- Waterloo terminal won the 1994 RIBA Building of the Year award (now Stirling Prize).
- He worked on parts of the Elizabeth line, winning a second Stirling Prize.
- Grimshaw Architects renovated the Queens Museum in New York in 2013.
- The firm designed Arter contemporary art centre in Istanbul, opened 2022.
- Grimshaw was president of the Royal Academy from 2004 to 2011.
Entities
Artists
- Nicholas Grimshaw
Institutions
- Grimshaw Architects
- Royal Academy
- RIBA
- Queens Museum
- Arter
Locations
- Cornwall
- London
- New York
- Istanbul
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Turkey