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New Eye for Brighton gets planning permission

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Brighon & Hove Council have granted planning permission for the Brighton i360.  At 183 metr...

Shanghai Expo designs on show at the V&A

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Marks Barfield Architect's designs for the UK Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 are now on disp...


Let there be light

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The Lightbox, the first museum and gallery in Woking, is a new kind of community cultural centre....


The Lightbox: Press Release

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Marks Barfield’s Lightbox is Woking’s first museum and gallery.  It originated f...


Marks Barfield has been shortlisted for Shanghai Expo

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Marks Barfield has been shortlisted by the Foriegn & Commonwealth Office to design the Britis...


Red Cloud Win's Reader's Poll

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MBA was shortlisted earlier this year as one of the selected practices to devise concept designs ...


Plaudits All Round

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On the 5th September, Marks Barfield Architects and the Building Centre Trust organised a pre-scr...


Spiral Café sweeps architectural awards

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Spiral Café, in the heart of The Bullring development in Birming...


Brighton Tower

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Marks Barfield to propose Brighton Tower at West Pier

The award-winning husband and...


Hall of Fame

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The Hall of Fame  is a celebration of the men and women who have done most to change the bui...


Skywards with the Brighton Tower

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The Argus celebrated the unanimous vote in favour of granting planning permission for t...


Special Needs School receives planning permission

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The London Borough of Lambeth's planning committee voted unanimously in favour of granting planni...


Things are looking up for Brighton - Steve Bayley's review for the Observer

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Steve Bayley's article in the Observer Review explores the current design revival on England's so...


Power in the City Talk and Press Release

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Julia Barfield and Robert Webb, CEO of Quietrevolution, held a talk on 4th April at the Buil...


RIBA Journal Profile of MBA

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Hugh Pearman, the recently appointed new Editor of the RIBA Journal has written a detailed 6 page ar...

Engineer Magazine Commends The Beacon

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Engineer Magazine has given a glowing review of the Beacon, which is an innovative new form of wi...


Red Cloud Wins Landmark Wales Competition

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The three primary gateway public art projects for the Landmark Wales bid to the lottery have been...


Lightbox impresses ICON Magazine

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Marks Barfield's latest project, The Lightbox, has had a glowing review in November'...


Kew Gardens Treetop Walkway Groundbreaking

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Due to open in Spring 2008, Kew Gardens’ ‘Year of the Tree’, the


Eye Book

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Eye: The Story behind the London Eye celebrates one of London's most iconic structu...


MBA named as Overall Winner at BSF Awards 2008

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26 Nov 2008

London Eye Architects, Marks Barfield Architects (MBA), won ...


European airing for the Lightbox

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A10 Magazine, the first architecture magazine with a European focus, features the Lightbox in thi...


Two MBA projects featured in this year's BD Yearbook

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Two of Marks Barfield's projects have been selected as the best examples of design quality in thi...


MBA receives ISO 14001

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Marks Barfield have been awarded the IS0 14001 accreditiation.  This is given to practices t...


FX Magazine gives Marks Barfield a glowing review

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Ruth Ling, Deputy Editor FX Magazine, meet with the practice to cover the Lightbox and learn more...


Technical appraisal for Kew Walkway and Rhizotron in BD

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BD carried out a tow-page technical review about the Tree Top Walkway and Rhizoton which is curre...


Breakfast talk at the NLA for the River of Light

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On Thursday 20th February, David Marks will be giving a breakfast talk for New London Architectur...


Michael Tippett School welcomes it's new pupils

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The Michael Tippett School opened its doors to its new pupils on Monday 25th Fe...


Royal Opening for the Lightbox

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Marks Barfield’s new community cultural art centre in Woking ‘The Lightbox’ had...


Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP opens the Michael Tippett school

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The Michael Tippett school has opened in record time.  Pupils moved in just 21 months a...


The Lightbox wins top award at the Civic Trust Awards

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The 49th Civic Trust Awards ceremony took place this week with The Lightbox receiving the highest...


Kew Treetop Walkway shortlisted for FX Design Award

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Marks Barfield's treetop walkway at Kew Gardens has been shortlisted for the FX International Int...


Marks Barfield's latest project opens in Liverpool

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Marks Barfield's latest project opens in Liverpool.  The practice was appointed as faç...


Building Magazine features the Michael Tippett

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Martin Spring, Architectural Editor from Building Magazine, was given a private tour of the Micha...


Press Release - The Michael Tippett Official Opening by Ed Balls

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The Michael Tippett opened today, 3rd April, in record time.  Pupils moved in just 21 m...


The Lightbox shortlisted for the prestigious Art Fund Prize

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The Lightbox in Woking is one of just four museums and galleries from across the UK to be short l...


Kew Treetop Walkway & Rhizotron Wins the the Leisure category in this year’s Conde Nast Traveller Innovation and Design Awards

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Marks Barfield, have won the Leisure category in this year’s Conde Nast Traveller Innovatio...


Kew Tree Top Walkway Press Release

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London Eye architects Marks Barfield’s Rhizotron and Xstrata Tree Top Walkway opens at the ...


The Lightbox wins prestigious Art Fund Prize

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The Lightbox has won The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries 2008. The announcement was made...


Kew Tree Top Walkway featured in The Times

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Marks Barfield's latest project, the Tree Top Walkway in Kew Gardens opens this weekend (24th May...


Over 9,000 visitors experience Kew's Tree Top Walkway on opening day

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Marks Barfield's Tree Top Walkway at Kew Gardens opened to the public on 24th May.  Over 9,0...


Lightbox wins RIBA Award in the South East - Press Release

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The Lightbox has won an RIBA Award in the South East.   Of the twenty-three projects th...


Kew Tree Top Walkway Open - press release

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London Eye architects Marks Barfield’s Rhizotron and Xstrata Tree Top Walkway opens at the ...


Lightbox wins Art Fund Prize

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The Lightbox has won The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries 2008. The announcement was made...


The Lightbox Wins World Architecture Community Award

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Marks Barfield's art gallery The Lightbox has been selected as a winning entry in th...


Dubai Arts District is Launched

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Set within Dubai's International Media Production Zone (IMPZ), boutique real estate developer Aby...


Kew Treetop Walkway wins prestigious design award

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Marks Barfield's treetop walkway at Kew Gardens picked up the FX Award in this year'...


The Michael Tippett named as Overall Winner at BSF Awards 2008

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The Observer Readers' Review: 2008

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Two of Marks Barfield's projects from last year were highlighted in the Observer Rea...


Iridescent innovation centre to attract new science to Lincoln

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Marks Barfield, have completed an iridescent innovation centre in Lincoln.  Client Lincoln C...


Double Success at the Civic Trust Awards

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Last night, Marks Barfield received two prizes at the prestigious Civic Trust Awards...


Villa Hush-Hush

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Radical Tax Ideas To Drive Recovery

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Currently Recruiting

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Marks Barfield is currently recruiting for Project Architects with exceptional


Gentle Landmarks - Marks Barfield recent projects

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Steve Chilton on The Hyper Tower at the RAA

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See the Truth

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On the 5th September, Marks Barfield Architects and the Building Centre Trust organised a pre-scr...


The Times Crème/DHL PA of the Year Award.

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Celebrations soared in the Marks Barfield Architect’s office last month as Lucy Smallwood w...


The Building Hall of Fame

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The Hall of Fame  is a celebration of the men and women who have done most to change the bui...


Shanghai Expo

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Marks Barfield Architects are one in six practices that have been shortlisted for the design of t...


Spiral Café

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This competition winning design combines art and commerce to bring life  to a new public spa...


Skyhouse

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Skyhouse takes a fresh look at residential tower high-rise in response to London’s current ...


Brighton Tower

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The Brighton Tower will rise guests slowly up to 139 metres – higher than the London E...


Ryde Interchange

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This competition winning design was recently granted planning permission. Ryde Interchange is the...


Liverpool Edge

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This flagship residential development is located in Toxteth, a regeneration area South of Liverpo...


The Cut Tower

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Battle McCarthy and MBA were commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry to study the su...


Hackney Watersports and Environmental Centre

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Marks Barfield sought to provide a simple functional design celebrating the best aspects of its h...


Leicester Square

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Leicester Square is the busiest east-west thoroughfare in London and arguably its most important ...


Liverpool Watersports

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Operated by MCVS Merseysport, the centre provides affordable sailing, wind-surfing and canoeing a...


Berlin Olympic Bid

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A Masterplan and concept design for two Olympic stadia in Berlin for the 2000 Olympics: a swimmin...


Innsbruck

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Competition design and business plan for the redevelopment and construction of Innsbruck’s ...


White Horse Bridge, Wembley

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Marks Barfield has designed 2 linkages from the Wembley Stadium to the Wembley Central Station...

Thames Gateway Bridge

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Working with Halcrow, MBA’s brief was to design a number of options for the new Thames Gate...


Basildon Bridge

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Inspired by the natural world and reshaped in futuristic and fluid forms, the competition-winn...


Bridge of the Future

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This competition winning idea for a unique skeletal structure was conceived by drawing inspiratio...


The Lightbox Gallery

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The competition-winning project for the Lightbox is a new kind of community cultural centre ...


Shanghai Expo

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Marks Barfield were runners up in the design competition for the British Pavilion fo...


Dubai Art District

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Marks Barfield are designing 11 residential buildings with a gross built-up area of 2,100,000 squ...


Salaman Oasis

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The Prince Salman Science Oasis, a major new Science museum for Riyadh, will be a un...


Walsall Waves

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Inspired by the site's greatest assest - its water, MBA developed the wave theme through taking t...


Woolwich Arsenal

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The construction of the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge will render existing radar coverage for sa...


Tate Pier

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"The most radical landing stage ever built in Britain"  the Independent Review.&nb...


Crossrail

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MBA, appointed by Crossrail and Connell Mott McDonald, carried out design studies for four ...


Charles Dickens Primary School

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In 2004, MBA was approached by Charles Dickens Primary School and asked to transform the ground f...


Joinedupdesignforschools

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Joinedupdesignforschools explores how good design can improve the quality of life in schools by l...


Exemplar Schools

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The Department for Education and Skills selected eleven architect-led teams of consultants to pro...


Segment Systems

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The concept is an internal partition/ furniture system, comprising of a series of curved plywood ...


Renault Trucks HQ

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The design for the twisted sinuous curved form came from both a desire of the planners for pitche...


Alumasc

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The Alumasc stand at Interbuild 2000 was conceived as a highly visible structure, enclosing an oa...


The Michael Tippett

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The Michael Tippett School opened its doors to its new pupils in February 2008.  The design ...


Kew Gardens Treetop Walkway & Rhizotron

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The Xstrata Treetop Walkway at Kew Gardens opened on 24th May 2008, Kew Garden's 'Year of the Tre...


The Beacon

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The Beacon has been designed in response to the challenge of climate change.  It is a n...


Liverpool One Costa Cafe

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Marks Barfield were appointed as façade designers for the new Costa Coffee site which form...


Lincoln Think Tank

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Villa Hush-Hush

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Villa Hush-Hush - the latest extraordinary proposal by Marks Barfield Architects.


Jeddah Development

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Working in association with the Zuhair Fayez Partnership, MBA have created 


Abbey Wood

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Abbey Wood is the proposed south eastern terminus of Crossrail, the new high frequency, rail l...

Riyadh ITCC Complex

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The ITCC is being built for the Saudi Arabian Public Pensions Agency in the Nakheel district o...

Cambridge Mosque

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Designed to be truly inclusive, sustainable, safe, secure and respectful of it...


Islamia Primary School

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Islamia Primary School is the first state funded Muslim Primary School in Engl...


My Place

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The history of Longbridge is dominated by its industrial past during which tim...


Selsey Marine Centre

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Taking its inspiration from the adjacent fishing huts and pitched roof constru...


Chongqing Chaotianmen

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Chaotianmen is located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers in ...


Dublin Dodder Bridge

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Dublin Dodder Bridge is an opening span structure exhibiting a worlds

Sunderland Bridge

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The River Wear at Sunderland has a proud history of technically advanced bridges.  ...

Springfield Bridge

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Wood Wharf Bridge

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Designed for a shortlisted competition, the proposal  was a simple elegant r...

London Eye

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Landmark Wales

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Red Cloud, addresses Wales’ need to celebrate its culture, representing ...


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Editor’s Choice
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Millbank Millennium Pier

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Small Project of the Year
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Places & Genius Overall Winner
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Excellence in Architecture, Spiral Cafe

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Awarded to MBA for innovation in the creation of the London Eye

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Visionary Top Team Award For British Airways London Eye

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For Watersports & Environmental Centre, Hackney

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Visionary Top Team Award
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Awarded to MBA at The Building Awards

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Blueprint Award, Best New Public Building For London Eye

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Gold & Silver Award for The Most Outstanding ...


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Awarded to MBA honouring creative excellence in design For London Eye

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Best British Innovation Award For London Eye

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Awarded to David Marks & Julia Barfield By LWT, Daily Mirror and Virgin Group

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Awarded to Lucy Smallwood...

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Awarded to Finance Director

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Awarded to David Marks by Faculty of Building For London Eye

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Overall winner throughout Europe for outstanding design and construction For London Eye

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Presented to David Marks and Julia Barfield by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace

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People’s Choice Award for London Eye

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Special Commendation Presented by Prince Philip to David Marks & Julia Barfield for London Ey...


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For London Eye, Short-listed for Stirling Prize ...

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Overall Winner (awarded jointly) For London Eye

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Honoured for Special Merit For London Eye

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Winner in three categories: Best National Scheme / Best Regeneration Scheme / Best Innovative Con...


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Awarded for an outstanding contribution to architecture in the Capital For London Eye

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Winner of the Special Award for BA London Eye...

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Winner in the infrastructure category, awarded to Hollandia For London Eye

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warded by The Institution of Structural Engineers for London Eye

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Weather – Watch Discovery Centre, Bracknell

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Best Design for a New School & Grand Prix Award
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