Grimshaw has been recognised by the UK Department of International Trade (DIT) and International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox for over 15 years of transformative architecture and design work in North America, after bringing the practice overseas from London.

As part of the UK’s ‘International Trade Day’, the inaugural Board of Trade Awards were hosted aboard the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth in the historic New York harbour, and served as an opportunity to recognise the important and expansive role that British firms play in global economic activity.