Atelier One is a British

structural engineering Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and muscles' that create the form and shape of man-made structures. Structural engineers also must understand and ca ...

company, established in 1989 with offices in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

and Brighton. The company has collaborated with

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s, designers and artists (including

Anish Kapoor Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK ...

and

Rachel Whiteread Dame Rachel Whiteread (born 20 April 1963) is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993. Whiteread was one of the Young British ...

), and is consistently experimental. Past projects include a large number of large international projects including the shell structures of the Singapore Arts Centre, the development of

Federation Square Federation Square (colloquially Fed Square) is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy ra ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...

, Australia, and in the UK the Baltic Gallery in Gateshead and three buildings for

White Cube White Cube is a contemporary art gallery founded by Jay Jopling in London in 1993. The gallery has two branches in London: White Cube Mason's Yard in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London; White Cube Hong Kong, in Cent ...

in London. In addition to both public and private buildings, Atelier One is also involved in a variety of art installation projects, touring exhibitions and stages. Some of the most notable completed projects are Anish Kapoor's ''

Cloud Gate ''Cloud Gate'' is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located on top of Pa ...

'' in Chicago and Stage Sets for U2, Rolling Stones and Take That. Atelier One recently completed a large project in Slovenia; the National Stadium and another one in Singapore called the

Gardens by the Bay The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden (in Marina South), Bay East Garden (in Marina East) and ...

, which was recently awarded the 'World Building of the Year 2012' at the World Architecture Festival .

Projects

* 2013: Cloud , Meteoros,

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, St Pancras International, London * 2012:

, Singapore * 2012: Big 4, City at Night, London * 2012:

Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the '' Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another ...

Model,

Bermondsey, London * 2012: Big 4, Monument to the Unintended Performer, London * 2012: London Olympics, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, London * 2012:

Diamond Jubilee Concert The Diamond Jubilee Concert was a British music concert and celebration held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall in London on 4 June 2012. The concert was organised by Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and was part of Queen Elizabeth ...

stage, London * 2012:

Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was a parade on 3 June 2012 of 670 boats on the Tideway of the River Thames in London as part of the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Queen, Prince Philip and other members of ...

Queens Barge canopy, London * 2012: Hooke Park Big Shed,

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, Dorset * 2011:

Bermondsey Gallery, London * 2011: Dune Grass, Blackpool * 2011:

Progress Live Progress Live was the eighth concert tour by British pop group Take That. The tour, sponsored by Samsung, supported their sixth studio album, ''Progress'' as they visited major cities in the UK and Europe. It was the first tour to feature all f ...

OM Man, Take That Tour * 2009:

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* 2007: Big 4, London * 2006:

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* 2006:

* 2002:

Gallery, London * 1993:

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, London

History

Atelier One was founded in 1989 by director Neil Thomas. Aran Chadwick joined the company in 1992, becoming a director in 1997. Neil was also co-founder of Atelier Ten, Environmental Engineers. Both directors are visiting professors to

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

New Haven New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 ...

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

and are External Examiners at the

, London.

References

# Atelier One (2009), Liquid Threshold: Atelier One, # AA (March 2010), Why Not, http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=1186 # Christopher Hight (2005), Dangerous Liaisons: The Art of Engineering after Truth and Beauty, M’ARS Magazine of the Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana, http://archive.balticmill.com/index.php?itemid=27442&fromtermid=6226&position=0&numresults=17&start=&tab= # Sunday Telegraph, (1996), House and Home, Thomas the Swank Engineer’

External links

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