GREATER CAMBRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AWARDS
MARCH 2022
An awards ceremony for the Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards was held at Frankopan Hall at Jesus College at the University of Cambridge on the 16th March.
Magdalene College Library won the Best New Building over £2m and was also winner of the Craftesmanship Award Category. The WongAvery Gallery was also commended in both categories.
The Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards celebrate the best in placemaking, design and craft skills locally.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PROGRESS
MARCH 2017
Below are some from the Natural History Museum site showing the scaffold ‘tunnel’ going up at the Museum. This is the framework required to lift, manipulate, and move the blue whale skull into position in a few weeks.
Though the main hall has had a sperm whale in it before, this was only around 15m long. In contrast, the blue whale, the largest known animal to have ever existed, is about 30m long once assembled.
Unfortunately, due to the various extensions and alterations to the Museum over time, the skull can only come in via the front doors. And – much like a very large, very heavy, very valuable sofa – it’s a case of squeezing it in at strange angles.