Nicholas Grimshaw's Legacy
Grimshaw, the firm Sir Nicholas Grimshaw founded in 1980 and now comprises more than 550 employees in offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Dubai, Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland, has created a 20-minute film celebrating the legacy of its founder, who died on September 14 at the age of 85.
Anyone who has spent time navigating the projects on the website of Grimshaw has probably noticed the prevalence of short yet highly informative videos describing the design, engineering, and other aspects of their built works. Clips from those videos fill “Grimshaw Legacy,” which plays like a best-of of Nicholas Grimshaw's nearly 55-year-long career. The film spans from his Service Tower for Student Housing and Park Road Apartments, both in the late 1960s, to masterpieces such as the International Waterloo Terminal, the British Pavilion at the 1992 Seville Expo, and the Eden Project in Cornwall. The film also delves into Grimshaw's role as president of the Royal Academy between 2004 and 2011, his RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2019, and the motivations behind his architecture.