| Wright & Wright Architects | |
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| Practice information | |
| Partners | Clare Wright Sandy Wright Stephen Smith Naila Yousuf |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Location | London |
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Wright & Wright Architects is a British architectural firm, founded in 1994 by Sandy and Clare Wright MBE . [1] The firm is based in Camden Town, London. [2]
The practice was founded by Sandy and Clare Wright in 1994. [3] Since winning a competition in 1995 to design the Royal College of Art's library in central London, Wright & Wright have undertaken projects for higher education and culture, including a new library and study centre for St John's College, Oxford, the Longwall Library for Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Women's Library [4] in London. Through this work, the practice has delivered projects for institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery, [5] the Church of England (a library and archive at Lambeth Palace) [6] and the Museum of the Home in London. [7] [8]
Wright and Wright Architects have also worked in fields of research, including design for the elderly, the disabled, and those with special educational needs. [9] [10]
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