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Biography

• Nicholas Grimshaw born in Hove, in England, 1939
  
  1959/62 - he studied at the Edinburgh College of Art
  1962/65 - he trained at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which he attended after winning a scholarship awarded by Arcuk (Architects' Registration of the United Kingdom); at the Architectural Association he won further scholarships which permitted him to travel to Sweden in 1963, and the United States in 1964
  1965 - he obtained an honours diploma in Architecture and won a bronze medal awarded by the French Société d'Architectes Diplomés par le Gouvernement (Sadg), for one of the three best theses discussed at the Architectural Association
  1967 - became a member of RIBA
  1965/80 - he worked in partnership with Terence Farrell in London
  1980 - he became senior partner of the firm Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, leaving the partnership with Farrel
  1988 - he became a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers
  1989 - Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) national award, for the Financial Times Print Works, London Docklands
  1993 - he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters at South Bank University in London and a CBE (Commander of the British Empire)
  1994 - International Terminal Waterloo, London, Building of the Year
  1994 - he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Architectural Association, member of the Royal Academy and of the American Institute of Architects
  1993/2000 - he received numerous awards including: RIBA Structural Steel Design Award, Civic Trust Award, British Construction Industry Award, Royal Fine Art Commission/Sunday Times Building of the Year Award.
  Works
  Currently under construction:
  
  Bijlmer Station, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Ecolandia, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
  Zurich Airport, Zurich, Switzerland
  Royal College of Art, London, UK
  Fundacion Caixa Galicia, A Coruña, Spain
  2002 - Advanced Technology Institute, Guildford, UK
  Bath Spa, Bath, UK
  Folly Bridge, Oxford, UK
  Gresham Street Office Building, London, UK
  2001 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA
  Frankfurt Trade Fair Hall, Frankfurt, Germany
  Igus Headquarters & Factory, Cologne, Germany
  Ijburg Bridges, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Millennium Point, Digbeth, Birmingham, UK
  National Space Centre, Leicester, UK
  Seoul Dome, Seoul, South Korea
  The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK 2000 - Equilibrium Exhibition, various locations, UK
  Leuven Station, Leuven, Belgium
  Pfeiffer Vacuum Factory, Asslar, Germany
  Vacheron Constantin Building, Geneva, Switzerland
  1999 - Bilbao Bus Station, Bilbao, Spain
  E.I.H.M.S., University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
  MABEG Headquarters, Soest, Germany
  Manchester Airport, Manchester, UK
  Neuchatel Expo 2001, Neuchatel, Switzerland
  Paddington Phase 1 Redevelopment, London, UK
  1998 - Heathrow Terminal 3, Heathrow Airport, UK
  Lord's Grandstand, London, UK
  Ludwig Erhard Haus, Berlin, Germany
  Maglev Transrapid Station, Schwerin, Germany
  North Woolwich Pumping Station, London Docklands, UK
  Orange Operations Centre, Darlington, UK
  Porsche Customer Centre, Stuttgart, Germany
  1997 - British Embassy, Berlin, Germany
  HAL9000 CEMEX Computer Centre, Monterrey, Mexico
  Parkland Textiles, Nottingham, UK
  Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
  1994 - RAC Regional Headquarters, Bristol, UK
  1993 - British Airways COC, Heathrow, UK
  Heathrow Airport Pier 4A, Heathrow, UK
  International Terminal Waterloo, London, UK
  Western Morning News HQ and Print Works, Plymouth, UK 1992 - British Pavilion Expo 92, Seville, Spain
  NGP Office Staircase, London, UK
  1991 - Operations Centre for British Rail, London, UK
  Venice Biennale Exhibit, Venice, Italy
  1989 - Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
  Port East Shopping & Leisure Project , London Docklands, UK
  1988 - Financial Times Print Works, London, UK
  Grand Union Walk Housing, London, UK
  Research Centre for Rank Xerox, Welwyn Garden City, UK
  Sainsbury's Superstore, London, UK
  Stockbridge Leisure Centre, Liverpool, UK
  1987 - Homebase Store, Brentford, London, UK
  1985 - Ladkarn Headquarters, London Docklands, UK
  1984 - Oxford Ice Rink, Oxford, UK
  1983 - Distribution Centre for Herman Miller, Chippenham, UK
  1982 - Wiltshire Radio Station, Wootton Bassett, UK
  1981 - Vitra Factory, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany
  1980 - BMW (UK) Headquarters, Bracknell, UK
  Factory Units in Queen's Drive, Nottingham, UK
  IBM Sports Hall, Winchester, UK
  1978 - Advanced Factory Units, Winwick Quay, Warrington, UK
  1976 - Herman Miller Factory, Bath, UK
  1975 - Editions van de Velde Headquarters, Tours, France
  1973 - Citroën Warehouse, Runnymede, UK
  1968 - Apartments at Park Road, London, UK
  1967 - Service Tower for Student Hostel, London, UK