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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PROGRESS

MARCH 2017

Natural History Museum Progress

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.

C3 ARTICLE ON BISHOP EDWARD KING CHAPEL

JUNE 2014

The Bishop Edward King chapel has been featured in the June 2014 edition of the Korean journal C3. The piece provides a detailed exploration of the themes behind the design and the construction processes for the award winning project. It includes technical drawings and photographic images to support the text.