Shona Kitchen worked with architect Nick Coombe to re-invent the concept of the maze at this site in the grounds of Kielder castle. The project is part of an extensive programme of temporary and public art designed to increase visitors to rural Northumberland. Kitchen and Coombe explored the underlying ideas and the use of innovative materials to create a structure that surprises and delights the visitor. The project was completed in 2003. Client: The Kielder Partnership. Award value £6,000.
Susan Collins worked with Sarah Wigglesworth on a science and environmental studies classroom at Mossbrook Special Primary School in Sheffield. Artist and architect explored virtual and real environments to create a 'Classroom of the Future' using high technology to create a place of sensuality, stimulation and wonder. The project was completed in 2002. Client: Mossbrook School. Award value £9,000.
Andrew Cross collaborated with architect David Bickle of Hawkins Brown on the design of a new public space at Gillett Square in East London. Cross and Bickle were interested in the public's perception of the development of the site and its sense of place. They looked at the demolition and preparation stages of the architectural processes and how these influenced the built form. The design stage of the project was completed in 2003. Client: Hackney Cooperative Developments. Award value £5,000.
David Ward was part of a design team comprising, landscape architect, engineer and transport planner to develop designs for Friar Street in Reading. The street links the nineteenth century Museum and Art Gallery in the east of the town with the large Chatham Street development in the west. The design team looked at the history of the site and its context within the town and transformed the street into a successful environment for pedestrians, cyclists and buses. The design stage of the project was completed in 2002. Client: Reading Borough Council. Award value £6,000.
Keith Wilson collaborated with architect Dominik Holzer of Will Alsop Architects on a temporary intervention in the Capability Brown designed parkland of Compton Verney. Wilson and Holzer responded to the eighteenth century landscape and developed their mutual interest in building physical environments in which the audience fulfils the role of both spectator and performer. The project was completed in 2003. Client: Compton Verney House Trust. Award value 7,500.
Elizabeth Wright collaborated with landscape consultant Christopher Bradley-Hole on a project for the BBC at White City. They looked at the physical and social complexities of the White City site, to produce designs for a landscape scheme reflecting the proportions of the surrounding buildings. Wright's designs were not realised due to temporal and financial restraints. Client: Land Securities Development. Award value 7,500.
Simon Moretti worked with architect Adam Caruso on the strategic plan for the Museum of Childhood site in Bethnal Green, London. The core of the collaboration was the development of a polychromatic interior architecture, and Morretti and Caruso also looked at possibilities for the display of objects in the museum. The project was completed in 2003. Client: Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood. Award value 8,000.
Minutes and supporting documentation. These are largely records of decisions taken on applications made to the Art for Architecture scheme and administration of the scheme. These files include the completed grant application forms of both successful and unsuccessful entries with reasons for the latter in some cases. Not all years include the applications of the successful entries. These can be found in the project files at PR.AR/110/10/
July 1990 - October 1990. Successful applicants for this year include the Bacup Environmental Improvement Scheme. The minutes do not include the originals applications of either the successful or the unsuccessful candidates.
January 1991 - September 1991. Successful applicants for this year include the Old Trafford Children's Library, the Southampton Art Gallery and the Sussex Aids Hospice. Minutes do not include the original applications of either successful or unsuccessful candidates.
February 1992 - December 1992. Includes related papers for the unsuccessful applications. Successful candidates include Spen Valley High School, Bishop's Fox Community School, Inland Revenue, Nottingham, Equal Play Adventure Park, Hackney and St Peter's Church Bristol.
April 1993 - November 1993. These minutes include only the applications of the unsuccessful and not the successful candidates.
February 1994 - November 1994. Includes a report compiled for the judges of the first Jerwood Art for Architecture Award. These minutes include the original applications of the successful candidates for this year. Successful applicants include: West Dorset Hospital, Stanmore Road Housing, Dundee Wharf, Morcambe Bay, Marl Pumping Station Cardiff, Portland Sculpture Trust, Rishton high Street, the Speech, Language and Hearing Centre, Holly Street Public Arts, Open Space, Tout Quarry, Popley Community Centre and the redevelopment of the Tea Blending Factory at Bristol.
June 1995 - October 1995. Includes applications and correspondence to and from the unsuccessful candidates only.
January 1996 - October 1996. Includes the original applications and correspondence to and from all the unsuccessful candidates. Also includes the original applications from two of the successful candidates: Newcastle Drawdock and the Baltic Flour Mill.
January 1997 - October 1997. Include applications and correspondence to and from the unsuccessful candidates only.
January 1998 - October 1998.
January 1999 - October 1999
January 2000 - October 2000. Includes related material regarding both unsuccessful and successful applications.
February 2001 - October 2001. Includes progress reports from successful applicants in 2000.