Ushida Findlay Architects is an architectural practice originating in Tokyo but now based in London. They are known for their unusual, non-rectilinear, neo-expressionist buildings, including their Soft and Hairy House in Tsukuba (1994).[1] Their starfish-shaped design for a country house at Grafton Hall Estate in Cheshire (2002)[2] was selected in competition[3] but ultimately went unrealised.[4]
The practice were architects for the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, the UK's tallest sculpture, providing architectural design to transform it into a functional building.[5][6][7]
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- ^ Kester Rattenbury, Robert Bevan, Kieran Long "Architects Today", Lawrence King Publishing Ltd (2004), pp. 212-213. ISBN 9781 85669 492 6.
- ^ "Grafton New Hall, Chester: Invited Design Competition" (PDF). RIBA. 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ Taylor, Jerome (9 August 2008). "Starfish house' plans are left dead in the water". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ Amy Chozik, 'A Lightning Rod Masquerading as a Sculpture', The New York Times, 1 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14. "...Ushida Findlay, a London firm that helped transform the sculpture into a structurally sound, functional building."
- ^ Will Hurst 'Orbit becomes UK's highest sculpture: Topping out of ArcelorMittal Orbit attended by Arup and Ushida Findlay Architects..., Building Design, 31 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ "ArcelorMittal Orbit tops out to create UK's tallest sculpture". ArcelorMittal Orbit. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012.