PROJECT: Falkirk Wheel
LOCATION: Falkirk, Scotland
DATE: 2002
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PROJECT: Falkirk Wheel
LOCATION: Falkirk, Scotland
DATE: 2002
DETAILS: Inspired in part by Legos, Tony Kettle’s design for the Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift that links two canals, has also been compared to a Celtic two-headed axe. The Wheel has become one of Scotland’s most popular tourist attractions.
PROJECT: University Town Library, Shenzhen
LOCATION: Shenzhen, …
PROJECT: University Town Library, Shenzhen
LOCATION: Shenzhen, China
DATE: 2007
DETAILS: The winning design in an invited competition, RMJM’s Shenzhen library serves the graduate schools of four Chinese universities. Its long, gently sloping form echoes the surrounding hills.
PROJECT: Okhta Center (Gazprom tower)
LOCATION: St. Petersburg,…
PROJECT: Okhta Center (Gazprom tower)
LOCATION: St. Petersburg, Russia
DATE: Expected 2016
DETAILS: This twisting, 1,300-foot-tall tower with a star-shaped floor plan will house the headquarters of Gazprom, the third-largest company in the world—if it survives fierce opposition to the project from inside Russia and abroad.
PROJECT: Scottish Parliament
LOCATION: Edinburgh, Scotland
DAT…
PROJECT: Scottish Parliament
LOCATION: Edinburgh, Scotland
DATE: 2004
DETAILS: Designed by Catalan architect Enric Miralles with RMJM acting as executive architect, the irregular volumes of the Scottish Parliament sit beside
Edinburgh’s Holyrood Palace in the city’s Old Town. Miralles, who died in 2000, hoped the complex would look as if it were “almost surging out of the rock.” The project won the Stirling Prize in 2005.
A MORRISON TIMELINE
1948: Fraser Morrison born in Tain, Scotland; Morrison Construction founded by his father.
1956: RMJM founded in Edinburgh and London by Robert Matthew and Stirrat Johnson-Marshall.
1966: Hillier Architecture founded in Princeton, N.J., by J. Robert Hillier.
1974: Morrison Construction taken over by conglomerate; Peter Morrison born.
1989: Fraser and Gordon Morrison lead management buyout of Morrison Construction.
1999: Construction begs on Scottish Parliament building.
2000: Morrison Construction sold to AWG for £263 million.
2002: Falkirk Wheel opens; Sir Fraser and Peter Morrison back management buyout of RMJM.
2003: Sir Fraser Morrison sued by AWG for £130 million; Inquiry begs into Scottish Parliament delays and overruns.
2004: Scottish Parliament opens.
2005: Peter Morrison becomes CEO of RMJM; Scottish Parliament wins Stirling Prize.
2006: RMJM wins Gazprom competition.
2007: RMJM acquires Hillier Architecture for £30 million; Sir Fraser Morrison becomes CEO of RMJM Hillier.