Practice


The Grimshaw studio is founded on analysis and exploration. We relish the challenges inherent across a wide range of work, engaging our expertise and agility to deliver lasting, meaningful design that brings value and joy to clients and users.

Grimshaw was founded by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw in 1980. The practice became a Partnership in 2007 and operates worldwide with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Dubai, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland employing over 650 staff.

 

Grimshaw’s international portfolio covers all major sectors, and has been honoured with over 200 international design awards for its commitment to design excellence.

The company’s work is characterised by strong conceptual legibility, innovation and a rigorous approach to detailing, all underpinned by the principles of humane, enduring and sustainable design.

The practice is dedicated to the deepest level of involvement in the design of its buildings in order to deliver projects which meet the highest possible standards of excellence.

Grimshaw was awarded the 2016 and 2018 AJ100 International Practice of the Year Award for the firm's breadth of work around the globe.

Grimshaw’s leadership is responsible for directing the practice and projects, ensuring the company's design and company philosophy is at the core of what we do.

Our work responds to the needs and resources of the contemporary world. The buildings we produce come from a detailed understanding of the functions they must fulfil, the conditions they have to provide and the materials from which they are constructed.

As an international practice Grimshaw covers architecture, planning and industrial design across all major sectors.

Everything we produce, from buildings to master plans to industrial design, is the culmination of an evolutionary process that derives beauty from form, economy and efficiency. With each project we learn more about creating forms and places, serving processes and people, and respecting the fragility and resources of our planet.

The results of this accumulated expertise are comfortable, healthy environments that instil wonder and delight while simultaneously attending to the functional and social needs and aspirations of the individuals we serve.

Our objective is to search for optimal solutions to create a built environment that uses the planet’s resources carefully. Through this pursuit, we design buildings and environments that work, inspire people and transform communities.

Through careful evaluation of relevant opportunities, inspired ideas will drive a good design to something that is extraordinary, challenging, and completely unique.

650

total global staff

200+

awards for our work

43

years in business

8

global studios

2022 CTBUH – Best Tall Office Building
Olderfleet →

2022 Urban Land Institute (ULI) APAC Award for Excellence
Olderfleet →

2021 Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, Australian Institute of Architects National Awards
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2021 World Architecture Festival, Office – Completed Buildings
Olderfleet →

2021 World Architecture Festival, Display – Completed Buildings
Terra ― The Sustainability Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai →

2021 Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards 2022 – David Mackay Award for Engineering and Sustainability categories
Civil Engineering Building →

2021 IDEA Awards – Highly Commended for Sustainability
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2021 Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter) – Educational Architecture Award
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2021 Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter) – Sustainable Architecture Award
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2021 The Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture, Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter)
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2021 Australian Institute of Architects Awards (Victorian Chapter), Victorian Architecture Medal
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2021 Melbourne Prize, Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter)
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2020 Sustainability Awards - Best Education and Research Building
Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design →

2020 BD Architect of the Year Award, Higher Education Architect of the Year
GRIMSHAW

2020 Building Award, Diversity Award: Making a Difference
GRIMSHAW

2019 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture awarded to Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
GRIMSHAW

2019 SCUP Outstanding Achievement in Integrated Planning and Design
Duke University, The Richard H. Brodhead Center for Campus Life →

2019 AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Subway Station →

2018 World Architecture Festival 'Transport–Completed Buildings' Category Winner
London Bridge Station →

2018 British Transport Awards, Station of the Year
London Bridge Station →

2018 AJ 100: International Practice of the Year
GRIMSHAW

2017 RIBA National Award
Dulwich College Laboratory →

2017 Civic Trust Awards
SUEZ Energy from Waste Facility →

2017 AJ Retrofit Awards International Retrofit Project
Duke University, The Richard H. Brodhead Center for Campus Life →

2016 Commonwealth Institute of Architects; Robert Matthew Award
GRIMSHAW

2016 AJ 100: International Practice of the Year
GRIMSHAW

2015 AIA New York: Medal of Honor
GRIMSHAW

2015 AJ 120: Project of the Year
Fulton Center →

2015 BCI Award: International Project of the Year
Fulton Center →

2015 2015 AIA New York State Design Award
Fulton Center →

2014 MASterworks Award: Best Adaptive Reuse
Queens Museum →

2013 Royal Institute of British Architects International Award
Via Verde – The Green Way →

2013 AIA Housing and Urban Development Secretary's Award
Via Verde – The Green Way →

2013 AIA New York State Award of Excellence
Via Verde – The Green Way →

2012 AIANY Andrew J. Thomas Award
Via Verde – The Green Way →

2009 AIA Honor Award for Architecture
Horno³ : Museo del Acero →

2008 Building Award "Architectural Practice of the Year"
GRIMSHAW

2008 Royal Institute of Dutch Architects Building of the Year
Bijlmer ArenA Station →

2008 Royal Institute of British Architects European Award
Bijlmer ArenA Station →

2008 BD World Architect of the Year
GRIMSHAW

2008 BD Transport Architect of the Year
GRIMSHAW

2007 Lubetkin Prize
Southern Cross Station →

2007 RAIA Victorian Architecture Medal
Southern Cross Station →

2007 William Wardle Public Architecture Award
Southern Cross Station →

2001 Stirling Prize for Architecture - Runner Up
The Eden Project →

1995 AJ Centenary Medal for Contribution to Architecture
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw →

1994 Royal Institute of British Architects Building of the Year
International Terminal Waterloo →

1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture
International Terminal Waterloo →