Andrew Whalley

Panoramic view of the geodesic biome domes at the Eden Project

Andrew Whalley is an architect registered in the United Kingdom and United States of America.[1] His specialty is ecological design.[2] In 2015, he was Deputy Chairman of the international Grimshaw Architects. [3][4]

Early life

Whalley was born in Elizabeth, South Australia, the son of an electronics engineer at the Woomera Test Range. At an early age he moved to Connecticut, United States of America where his father worked on the UGM-27 Polaris Project. He moved to Dollar, Scotland in 1970 and was educated at Dollar Academy. His architectural education started at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow,[5] in 1980. He was taught in his final year by professor Robin Webster and he joined his practice Spence and Webster in 1983. He worked there until 1986, when he left to attend the Diploma School at The Architectural Association School of Architecture, London.

Career

Whalley joined Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, now Grimshaw Architects, in 1986, immediately after completing his education. He worked with Jan Kaplicky on the firm's first exhibition and catalogue Practice Product and Process. The exhibition opened in January 1988 in the Florence Hall of the Royal Institute of British Architects and displayed large models and full size building components along with drawings and photographs.[6] Shortly after the exhibition, the firm was selected to design the Waterloo International railway station, which was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects President's Building of the Year Award in 1994.[7]

In 1990, Whalley, along with Fiona Galbraith and Chris McCarthy, designed a new type of roof structure which was featured in architectural magazines. It was included in their shortlisted entry in a contest for design of the Glasgow Eurodome, but was not the final selection.[8][9]

IN 2003, Whalley was a presenter at the "Performative Architecture: Instrumentality Plus?" symposium at the University of Pennsylvania.[10]

Whalley was one of the lead architects on he Eden Project, a botanical garden housed under two large domes.[3][11]

As well as building architecture, Whalley has also designed interiors and furniture.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ New York State Professions. "Andrew Whalley New York License". Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. ↑ "The Ecorium “ecoplex” could make zoos as we know them obsolete." Archived January 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.. Lexus Magazine, By Erin Wylie, 7/18/2014
  3. 1 2 Mies van der Rohe Foundation (2003). European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture--Mies Van Der Rohe Award. Fundació Mies van der Rohe. p. 142.
  4. ↑ "Fulton Centre hub in Manhattan named Building of the Year thanks to technique which channels light underground". The Independent, Jay Merrick, 18 June 2015
  5. ↑ Glasgow School of Art. "Mackintosh School of Architecture Notable Graduates". Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  6. ↑ "Down to the Details". Metropolis Magazine, April 2014. Ken Shulman.
  7. ↑ E-Architect. "Waterloo International Railway Station". Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  8. ↑ Reed Business Information (29 October 1988). New Scientist. Reed Business Information. pp. 39–. ISSN 0262-4079.
  9. ↑ Chris Wilkinson (22 October 2013). Supersheds: The Architecture of Long-Span, Large-Volume Buildings. Elsevier Science. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-4831-4506-8.
  10. ↑ "Architectural Performances?". Architecture Week, by Michael J. Crosbie.
  11. ↑ Tim Smit (31 August 2011). Eden. Transworld. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-1-4464-3670-7.
  12. ↑ "grimshaw architects collaborates with poltrona frau on elements". DesignBoom. May 12, 2014

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