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BOXTEXT: 1. International Centre for Life, Newcastle
The £70m International Centre for Life in Newcastle will bring together research, medical and commercial application, ethics, education and entertainment on DNA on a single site.The Bioscience Centre opened in July 1998 and the LIFE Interactive World on 27 May 2000. The Institute of Human Genetics will open in late 2000.
Client: International Centre for Life Trust.
Architect: Terry Farrell and Partners.
Project Manager: Building Design Partnership Ltd.
Contractor: Laing Ltd. 2. Lowry Centre, Salford
The Lowry, the £70m building situated at Salford Quays opened to the public on 28th April. The centre houses two galleries, one showing the work of LS Lowry, the other showing contemporary artists. It also has two theatres for performing arts, one of which, the Lyric Theatre, has England's largest stage outside of London. The complex also includes the Lowry Footbridge across the Manchester Ship Canal and the Digital World Centre, a showcase for innovative digital technologies, scheduled to open mid 2001.
Client: The Lowry Trust
Management contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
Architect: Michael Wilford and Partners
Engineer: Buro Happold 3. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
The £19.5m Neptune Court project involved the construction of a 2,300m2 glass roof over the courtyard at the centre of the Grade I listed museum, together with the refurbishment of the existing galleries and the creation of 11 new ones.
Client: National Maritime Museum.
Construction manager: Bovis Lehrer McGovern.
Architects: BDP/Rich Mather Architects.
QS, structural and M&E engineer: BDP. 4. Tate Modern, London
The Tate's new gallery housing its international modern art collection has grabbed the media limelight following its opening by the Queen last month, along with the critical plaudits. Hailed as a success by critics and public alike, the £137m gallery boasts one of the most spectacular entrance halls of almost any building in the shape of the 3,300m2, 152m-long by 30m-high Turbine Hall.
Client: Tate Gallery.
Construction manager: Schal. Architect: Herzog and de Meuron. Structural and M&E engineer: Ove Arup & Partners. 5. Walsall Art Gallery
The £25m new gallery opened in February this year. The five-storey gallery houses the Garman Ryan Collectioin of 350 works of art and features further exhibition space and the Children's Discovery Space.
Client: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
Architect: Caruso St John 6. Royal Opera House, London
The £214m refurbishment and extension of the ROH became the focus of public controversy over what kind of projects lottery money should be used for. But all that's forgotten now and the redevelopment is generally seen as something of a triumph. The ROH gained a refurbished auditorium, a new small theatre, extensive modern back of house facilities and new rehearsal space for the Royal Ballet, along with the restored Floral Hall.
Client: ROH Developments.
Construction manager: Schal.
Architect: Dixon Jones/BDP.
Consulting engineer: Ove Arup & Partners. 7. National Botanic Garden of Wales
The centrepiece the £43m project at Middleton in Carmarthen is the Great Glass House - the world's largest single span botanic glasshouse, 100m-long and 50m-wide. The site also contains a Bioverse area where visitors can get a hands on experience of how plants work, along with an aquatic ecology laboratory, genetic garden and science centre.
Client: National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Construction manager: Schal.
Architect: Foster & Partners.
Civil and structural engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates.
M&E engineer: Max Fordham & Partners. 8. Manchester - Royal Exchange Theatre
Manchester's bomb-damaged theatre was one of the first Lottery aided projects to reach completion. The £31m project provided the theatre with new seating, heating, air-conditioning and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, as well as blue stained glass in the Great Hall's domes and a new studio theatre.
Client: Royal Exchange Theatre.
Construction manager: Mace.
Architect: Levitt Bernstein. Also appearingÉ
The Dome, London: £758m
National Portrait Gallery, London - Ondaatje Wing: £12.8m
Wallace Collection, London - refurbished: £10.6m
Dulwich Picture Gallery expanison, London: £9m
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London: £38m
Royal Court Theatre, London - refurbished: £25m
Globe Theatre, London: £30m
Gilbert Collection - Somerset House, London: £48m
Stoke on Trent Cultural Quarter: £21m
BFI London IMAX Cinema: £10m
BOXTEXT: 1. International Centre for Life, Newcastle
The £70m International Centre for Life in Newcastle will bring together research, medical and commercial application, ethics, education and entertainment on DNA on a single site.The Bioscience Centre opened in July 1998 and the LIFE Interactive World on 27 May 2000. The Institute of Human Genetics will open in late 2000.
Client: International Centre for Life Trust.
Architect: Terry Farrell and Partners.
Project Manager: Building Design Partnership Ltd.
Contractor: Laing Ltd. 2. Lowry Centre, Salford
The Lowry, the £70m building situated at Salford Quays opened to the public on 28th April. The centre houses two galleries, one showing the work of LS Lowry, the other showing contemporary artists. It also has two theatres for performing arts, one of which, the Lyric Theatre, has England's largest stage outside of London. The complex also includes the Lowry Footbridge across the Manchester Ship Canal and the Digital World Centre, a showcase for innovative digital technologies, scheduled to open mid 2001.
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Client: The Lowry Trust
Management contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
Architect: Michael Wilford and Partners
Engineer: Buro Happold 3. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
The £19.5m Neptune Court project involved the construction of a 2,300m2 glass roof over the courtyard at the centre of the Grade I listed museum, together with the refurbishment of the existing galleries and the creation of 11 new ones.
Client: National Maritime Museum.
Construction manager: Bovis Lehrer McGovern.
Architects: BDP/Rich Mather Architects.
QS, structural and M&E engineer: BDP. 4. Tate Modern, London
The Tate's new gallery housing its international modern art collection has grabbed the media limelight following its opening by the Queen last month, along with the critical plaudits. Hailed as a success by critics and public alike, the £137m gallery boasts one of the most spectacular entrance halls of almost any building in the shape of the 3,300m2, 152m-long by 30m-high Turbine Hall.
Client: Tate Gallery.
Construction manager: Schal. Architect: Herzog and de Meuron. Structural and M&E engineer: Ove Arup & Partners. 5. Walsall Art Gallery
The £25m new gallery opened in February this year. The five-storey gallery houses the Garman Ryan Collectioin of 350 works of art and features further exhibition space and the Children's Discovery Space.
Client: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
Architect: Caruso St John 6. Royal Opera House, London
The £214m refurbishment and extension of the ROH became the focus of public controversy over what kind of projects lottery money should be used for. But all that's forgotten now and the redevelopment is generally seen as something of a triumph. The ROH gained a refurbished auditorium, a new small theatre, extensive modern back of house facilities and new rehearsal space for the Royal Ballet, along with the restored Floral Hall.
Client: ROH Developments.
Construction manager: Schal.
Architect: Dixon Jones/BDP.
Consulting engineer: Ove Arup & Partners. 7. National Botanic Garden of Wales
The centrepiece the £43m project at Middleton in Carmarthen is the Great Glass House - the world's largest single span botanic glasshouse, 100m-long and 50m-wide. The site also contains a Bioverse area where visitors can get a hands on experience of how plants work, along with an aquatic ecology laboratory, genetic garden and science centre.
Client: National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Construction manager: Schal.
Architect: Foster & Partners.
Civil and structural engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates.
M&E engineer: Max Fordham & Partners. 8. Manchester - Royal Exchange Theatre
Manchester's bomb-damaged theatre was one of the first Lottery aided projects to reach completion. The £31m project provided the theatre with new seating, heating, air-conditioning and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, as well as blue stained glass in the Great Hall's domes and a new studio theatre.
Client: Royal Exchange Theatre.
Construction manager: Mace.
Architect: Levitt Bernstein. Also appearingÉ
The Dome, London: £758m
National Portrait Gallery, London - Ondaatje Wing: £12.8m
Wallace Collection, London - refurbished: £10.6m
Dulwich Picture Gallery expanison, London: £9m
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London: £38m
Royal Court Theatre, London - refurbished: £25m
Globe Theatre, London: £30m
Gilbert Collection - Somerset House, London: £48m
Stoke on Trent Cultural Quarter: £21m
BFI London IMAX Cinema: £10m
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