Lynch Architects

Last updated

Lynch Architects, formed in 1998 by Patrick Lynch, is a London-based practice. The directors are Patrick Lynch, Claudia Lynch and David Evans. Lynch Architects was awarded the Young Architect of the Year Award from Building Design magazine in 2005, [1] and co-represented Ireland at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale. [2] The practice was selected by Sir David Chipperfield [3] to exhibit at the 2012 Biennale. [4]

Contents

The practice's early reputation was established through exhibitions and writing as much as its built work. In 2001, Patrick Lynch, who gained degrees at the universities of Liverpool and Cambridge, exhibited small scale built interventions in existing structures in London and other speculative projects at the ‘Encounters Between Here and There’ show at London's Architecture Foundation. [5]

The practice's first internationally recognised project was a 2003 country house, Marsh View, Norfolk. [6] The practice has since developed its design reputation at a range of scales, from major commercial projects, landscape interventions, housing, memorial sculpture, and a bronze door handle for the manufacturer, Izé. [7]

Lynch Architects’ work has been reviewed by critics and writers including Ken Powell; [8] Ellis Woodman; [9] Kieran Long; [10] Jonathan Bell and Ellie Stathaki, The New Modern House: Redefining Functionalism, Laurence King, London, 2010; [11] and Joachim Fischer and Chris van Uffelen. [12]

Design influences

Lynch Architects' creative inspiration includes the work of architects such as Sigurd Lewerentz, [13] Alvaro Siza, [14] Luigi Moretti, [15] Francesco Borromini, [16] and Michelangelo. [17] Equally important to Lynch's design are the writings of his key teachers, Dalibor Veseley, [18] Joseph Rykwert, [19] and Peter Carl. [20]

In an article entitled Measuring Matter and Memory, [21] Lynch cites the writings of the American artist Robert Irwin to support his idea of creativity as mental topography, and the role that imagination plays in forgetting the name of the thing that is seen.

Selected projects

The practice's first significant project, Marsh View in the wetlands of Norfolk, remodeled a bungalow to create a two-level house whose unusual form was anchored to a mound-like chimney corner. The building suggests an archaic mode of inhabitation, based around a hearth or temple.

The Kingsgate House scheme in Victoria, for developers Land Securities, [22] replaced a massive slab-block in central London with two new buildings and urban landscaping. The articulated form and crafted detail of the mixed-use buildings includes elements by two artists, Rut Blees Luxemburg [23] and Joel Tomlin. [24]

The Victoria Public Library, also for Land Securities, is part of a development called Victoria Circle, [25] with other buildings by Benson and Forsyth [26] and PLP. [27] Lynch's design proposal sits beside the listed 19th century Victoria Palace Theatre and includes affordable housing as well as the library, and a small office block that involves the reconstruction of a listed façade. The project will accommodate sculptures by a number of artists, including Hilary Koob-Sassen. [28]

The design of the Madder 139 Gallery [29] in Whitecross Street, Clerkenwell, London, converted two Georgian terrace houses, into galleries on the ground floor and in a double-height basement and rear courtyard.

Lynch Architects contributed a 36-house scheme to the development masterplan for Brent Cross and Cricklewood drawn up by Allies and Morrison. [30] Lynch's design expresses a modern, strongly anti-pastiche interpretation of Georgian terraced housing.

The practice's competition-winning scheme for Barking Abbey Green [31] will create a series of structures whose abstracted forms are derived from the deeper history of the site. Their competition design for the Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre [32] expressed recent history, geography, ancient myths and geological time. Lynch Architects have also been shortlisted to design an intervention that will accentuate the presence of Westminster Cathedral’s piazza. [33]

Teaching and writing

Patrick Lynch has taught at the Architectural Association, University College Dublin, London Metropolitan University and Kingston University, and lectured at the Cooper Union in New York City, the Casa da Musica, Porto, and the University of Pennsylvania. His written work includes the book ‘The Theatricality of the Baroque City: The Zwinger and Dresden’; [34] a chapter in ‘Why do architects love his buildings? Jim Stirling and the Red Trilogy: Three Radical Buildings’; [35] and the long essay ‘Everything Flows: The Architecture of O’Donnell & Tuomey’. [36]

Related Research Articles

Kohn Pedersen Fox American architectural and design firm

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an American architecture firm that provides architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in New York City, where it is headquartered.

Arup is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London which provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment. The firm employs approximately 16,000 staff in over 90 offices across 35 countries around the world. Arup has participated in projects in over 160 countries.

Denton Corker Marshall is an international architecture practice based in Melbourne, Australia.

Saskia Sassen Dutch-American sociologist (born 1947)

Saskia Sassen is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Sassen coined the term global city.

HOK (firm) American design, architecture, engineering and planning firm

HOK, formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum and legally HOK Group, Inc., is an American design, architecture, engineering and urban planning firm, founded in 1955.

William Lethaby English architect and architectural historian

William Richard Lethaby was an English architect and architectural historian whose ideas were highly influential on the late Arts and Crafts and early Modern movements in architecture, and in the fields of conservation and art education.

John James Burnet Scottish architect

Sir John James Burnet was a Scottish Edwardian architect who was noted for a number of prominent buildings in Glasgow and London. He was the son of the architect John Burnet, and later went into partnership with his father, joining an architectural firm which would become an influential force in British Modern architecture in the 20th century.

Hopkins Architects is a prominent British architectural firm established by architects Sir Michael and Patricia, Lady Hopkins.

Benson & Forsyth is a British architectural partnership, whose principal architects are Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth. Their offices are in Islington, London, although they formerly also had a small office in Edinburgh. They were nominated for the Stirling Prize in 1999 and 2002 for the Museum of Scotland and National Gallery of Ireland respectively. Their work is heavily influenced by that of Le Corbusier, but they are also interested in trying to create a more contextual form of modern architecture.

Cecil Balmond Structural engineer, artist

Cecil Balmond OBE is a Sri Lankan–British designer, artist, and writer. In 1968 Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners, leading him to become deputy chairman. In 2000 he founded design and research group, the AGU.

Daryl Jackson Australian architect

Daryl Sanders Jackson AO is an Australian architect and the owner of an international architecture firm, Jackson Architecture. Jackson also became the Associate Professor of the University of Melbourne and Deakin University.

Rick Mather was an American-born architect working in England. Born in Portland, Oregon and awarded a B.arch. at the University of Oregon in 1961, he came to London in 1963 and worked at the architectural firm Lyons Israel Ellis for two years. He became a leading figure at the Architectural Association in the 1970s, and in 1973 founded his own practice, Rick Mather Architects.

Jonathan Woolf British architect

Jonathan Woolf was a British architect.

WOHA Singaporean architectural firm

WOHA is a Singaporean multinational architectural industrial design firm. First established in 1994 by Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, its name is derived from the initial letters of the founders’ surnames. Based out of Singapore, the firm has built and designed dozens of projects throughout the Asia-Pacific, including residential towers, public housing estates, mass transit stations, hotels and cultural institutions.

<i>Building Design</i> UK magazine (1970–2014)

Building Design, or BD, is a weekly architectural magazine and digital title in the United Kingdom. It is based in London.

Women in architecture Overview of female gender architects

Women in architecture have been documented for many centuries, as professional practitioners, educators and clients. Since architecture became organized as a profession in 1857, the number of women in architecture has been low. At the end of the 19th century, starting in Finland, certain schools of architecture in Europe began to admit women to their programmes of study. In 1980 M. Rosaria Piomelli, born in Italy, became the first woman to hold a deanship of any school of architecture in the United States, as Dean of the City College of New York School of Architecture. However, only in recent years have women begun to achieve wider recognition with several outstanding participants including five Pritzker prizewinners since the turn of the millennium.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is a United States-based architectural practice that was founded in 1965 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Peter Bohlin and Richard Powell. Bohlin's firm then merged with John F. Larkin and Bernard Cywinski's Philadelphia-based architectural practice, Larkin Cywinski, in 1979. It is recognized for its distinguished portfolio of residential, university, commercial, cultural and government projects.

The year 2014 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

PLP Architecture is an architecture firm based in London. In June 2016, the firm received planning permission for 22 Bishopsgate, the tallest tower in the City of London.

References

  1. ↑ Woodman, Ellis (2005-12-02). "Young and gifted | Competitions | Building Design". Bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  2. ↑ Slavid, Ruth (2008-09-16). "Irish pavilion at the Venice architecture biennale: see a slideshow | News". Architects Journal. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  3. ↑ "David Chipperfield Architects". Davidchipperfield.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  4. ↑ "Venice preview: Introduction | The Critics". Architects Journal. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  5. ↑ "Public Views 3". Architecture Foundation. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Marsh view house". iconeye.com. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 2014-06-04.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "izé: details". Ize.info. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  8. ↑ "merrellpublishers.com". merrellpublishers.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  9. ↑ Woodman, Ellis (2011-05-05). "Victoria development is Lynch's big break | Analysis | Building Design". Bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  10. ↑ "hatch the new architectural generation". laurenceking.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  11. ↑ "The New Modern House Redefining Functionalism". laurenceking.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  12. ↑ "BRAUN - Publishing". Braun-publishing.ch. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  13. ↑ "Great Buildings Online - the World of Architecture". Greatbuildings.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  14. ↑ "Architect Álvaro Siza Homepage". Alvarosizavieira.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  15. ↑ Moore, Rowan (2010-07-27). "Luigi Moretti: From Rationalism to Informalism, Rome, Italy | Reviews". Architectural Review. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  16. ↑ "Francesco Borromini (Italian architect) - Encyclopædia Britannica". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  17. ↑ "Michelangelo (Italian artist) - Encyclopædia Britannica". Britannica.com. 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  18. ↑ "PennDesign | Dalibor Vesely". Design.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  19. ↑ "PennDesign | Joseph Rykwert". Design.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120813180614/http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/architecture/research/phd-programme.cfm. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ "MEASURING_MATTER_AND_MEMORY_PATRICK_LYNCH_2001" (PDF). lyncharchitects.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  22. ↑ https://archive.today/20130127225041/http://www.landsecurities.com/london-portfolio/our-major-london-properties/kingsgate-house. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ "Rut Blees Luxemburg". Rut Blees Luxemburg. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  24. ↑ "The Office of Joel Tomlin, LLC". Joeltomlin.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  25. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120913093153/http://www.landsecurities.com/london-portfolio/our-major-london-properties/victoria-circle. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. ↑ Benson + Forsyth LLP Architects. "Benson + Forsyth LLP Architects". benson-forsyth.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  27. ↑ "PLP Architecture". PLP Architecture. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  28. ↑ "Hilary Koob-Sassen". Hilary Koob-Sassen. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  29. ↑ "Madder Rose Art Gallery - Whitecross Street London". e-architect. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  30. ↑ "Allies & Morrison | Brent Cross Cricklewood". Alliesandmorrison.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  31. ↑ Waite, Richard (2009-11-19). "AJ Exclusive: Lynch Architects wins Abbey Green design competition | News". Architects Journal. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  32. ↑ "Giant's Causeway Visitor's Centre (Coleraine, Ireland) « Lynch Architects". Lyncharchitects.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  33. ↑ "Westminster Cathedral Piazza London SW1 (London SW1) « Lynch Architects". Lyncharchitects.com. 2011-06-23. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  34. ↑ "The Theatricality of the Baroque City, 978-3-639-35670-0, 3639356705 ,9783639356700 by Patrick Lynch". Morebooks.de. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  35. ↑ "Frances Lincoln". Frances Lincoln. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  36. ↑ https://archive.today/20130217190705/http://www.drb.ie/more_details/08-09-25/Everything_Flows.aspx. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.