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Building: The St Botolph Building
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed in 2010
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: 16 elevators operating independently in eight shafts within the central atrium, highly adaptable commercial building,blue curvilinear facades with glazed rectilinear elevator shafts on each side, A large proportion of the steelwork in the building is visible, clearly displaying its structural function

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Building: Lloyds TSB Headquarters
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed in 2012
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: Ramboll

AE Interest: ten floors of column-free office space, south-facing open-sided atrium that is stepped upwards in a series of planted terraces and contains four scenic lifts, facades combine gazing and vertically overlapped slate panels

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Building: Thermae Bath Spa
Location: Bath, UK
Status: Completed in 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects

AE Interest: new building and restoration of five others, simple geometric forms, uses traditional and contemporary materials, extensive use of frameless glass planels

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Building: Rolls-Royce Manufacturing Plant
Location: West Sussex, UK
Status: Completed in 2003
Architect: Grimshaw Architects

AE Interest: sensitive landscaping, use of environmental friendly production techniques, sunk partly into the ground and features a “living roof”, finely detailed facades around a central courtyard, achieved the highest BREEAM rating of Excellent

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Building: The Cutty Sark Conservation Project
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed in 2012
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Construction Management: Gardiner & Theobald

AE Interest: A new supporting structure cradles the lifted ship’s hull, an enveloping glass canopy is attached along the ship’s waterline

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