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Edinburgh Architecture Contest Winner Shortlisted for World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2018

27 Nov 2018

Ross Pavilion Award News

Ross Pavilion International Design Competition winning concept design shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival

The winning competition concept design for the proposed re-imagining of Edinburgh’s West Princes Street Gardens is on the ‘Culture – Future Project’ shortlist at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) taking place in Amsterdam this week.

Ross Pavilion wHY

The Malcolm Reading Consultants-run competition resulted in the international collaboration led by US-based design practice wHY and Edinburgh-based design studio GRAS being selected for the project, which is managed by the Ross Development Trust (RDT).

Ross Pavilion wHY

The wHY/GRAS team is one of only two UK-project finalists in the category, which includes sixteen global entries.

Ross Pavilion International Design Competition
site photo © Malcolm Reading Consultants / David Springford

The World Architecture Festival is dedicated to celebrating, sharing and inspiring outstanding architecture. The awards are a key part of the festival, and this is the only global awards programme where architects present their completed buildings and future projects live to a panel of internationally renowned judges from around the world.

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David Ellis, Managing Director of the Ross Development Trust, said:

“We are thrilled that the vision for West Princes Street Gardens has been acknowledged in this way. It is a prestigious competition and to reach the final stages is an endorsement for our wonderful design team. Our intention when launching the design competition was to engage with the best architectural minds across the world, to create a vision that would be internationally recognisable. We are therefore delighted to be considered amongst such fantastic global competition.”

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Gunnar Groves-Raines, member of the design team, said:

“It’s a great honour to be shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival awards and incredibly rewarding to see the Ross Pavilion proposals celebrated on an international stage.

“The result is testament to the ambition of the project and the Ross Development Trust’s ongoing commitment to excellence in design. As the project progresses from concept to delivery, these awards are an encouraging reminder of the positive and lasting impact that the new pavilion will have on the city of Edinburgh.”

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Councillor Donald Wilson, Edinburgh’s Culture and Communities Convener, said:

“We saw some of the most influential architects and landscapers compete to design Edinburgh’s new Ross Pavilion. There was huge international interest in the competition and so it is great to see worldwide acclaim for wHY’s winning design concept too.

Ross Pavilion International Design Competition
photo © Malcolm Reading Consultants / David Springford

“It is testament to Edinburgh’s standing as one of the world’s most beautiful and creative settings for live performance that the venue is one of only two UK projects shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Awards. We’re looking forward to working with wHY and the Ross Development Trust to develop this initial vision into a more detailed design.”

Ross Pavilion International Design Competition
photo © Malcolm Reading Consultants / David Springford

City of Edinburgh Council is enthusiastically supporting the project. Councillors agreed at a committee meeting last month for the Council to undertake the maintenance responsibility for all the improvements to the Gardens, in order to ensure that it remains a world-class garden for generations to come.

Ross Pavilion International Design Competition
photo © Malcolm Reading Consultants / David Springford

The Council also agreed, in principle, to act as a funder of last resort, offering up to £5 million if RDT could secure the remaining funding of circa £20m.

Ross Pavilion Competition

World Architecture Festival Culture Future Project

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Previously on e-architect:

2 Aug 2017

Ross Pavilion Competition Winner

Winning Design for New Edinburgh Landmark

Design Lead: wHY architecture, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States

Full design team: wHY, GRAS, Groves-Raines Architects, Arup, Studio Yann Kersalé, O Street, Stuco, Creative Concern, Noel Kingsbury, Atelier Ten and Lawrence Barth with Alan Cumming, Aaron Hicklin, Beatrice Colin, Peter Ross, Alison Watson and Adrian Turpin

The design will see a series of new green spaces connected by an undulating promenade linked to the Royal Mile.

Ross Pavilion International Design Competition masterplan by wHY

Ross Pavilion Competition Winning Architects – wHY, Los Angeles

Proposals by the shortlisted teams (in alphabetical order):

Adjaye Associates with Morgan McDonnell, BuroHappold Engineering, Plan A Consultants, JLL, Turley, Arup, Sandy Brown, Charcoalblue, AOC Archaeology, Studio LR, FMDC, Interserve and Thomas & Adamson

Ross Pavilion Adjaye Associates

Adjaye/Associates

Arup

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with JM Architects, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, GROSS.MAX., Charcoalblue, Speirs + Major, JLL, Alan Baxter and People Friendly

Ross Pavilion BIG

BIG Architects

jm architects

Gross.Max

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Speirs + Major

Flanagan Lawrence with Gillespies, Expedition Engineering, JLL, Arup and Alan Baxter

Ross Pavilion Flanagan Lawrence

Flanagan Lawrence

Gillespies

Arup

Page \ Park Architects, West 8 Landscape Architects and BuroHappold Engineering with Charcoalblue and Muir Smith Evans

Ross Pavilion Page Park

Page \ Park Architects

West 8

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter with GROSS.MAX., AECOM, Charcoalblue, Groves-Raines Architects and Forbes Massie Studio

Ross Pavilion Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

Reiulf Ramstad

Gross.Max

AECOM

wHY, GRAS, Groves-Raines Architects, Arup, Studio Yann Kersalé, O Street, Stuco, Creative Concern, Noel Kingsbury, Atelier Ten and Lawrence Barth with Alan Cumming, Aaron Hicklin, Beatrice Colin, Peter Ross, Alison Watson and Adrian Turpin

Ross Pavilion wHY

WHY architecture

Arup

William Matthews Associates and Sou Fujimoto Architects with BuroHappold Engineering, GROSS.MAX., Purcell and Scott Hobbs Planning

Ross Pavilion William Matthews Associates

Sou Fujimoto

Gross.Max

Purcell

Photos © Malcolm Reading Consultants / David Springford

Location: Ross Pavilion, Edinburgh, Scotland

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