The principal at WilkinsonEyre discusses some of his firm standout projects While he?s not always included in the starchitect roll call, British architect Chris Wilkinson has made just as significant a contribution to the field as many of his peers. The commission to redevelop Battersea Power Station, which his firm is currently engaged in, one of the more high-profile projects in England, doesn?t come to those without a track record.
After working for some of his country?s biggest names, such as Norman Foster, Michael Hopkins, and Richard Rogers, Wilkinson launched his own firm in 1983, which partnered with Jim Eyre in 1987 to form WilkinsonEyre. In the decades since, the practice has developed a reputation for technological innovation, as befitting his mentors, seeking to bridge art and science and continually test and refine new ideas (his design for the 2001 Magna Science Center in England won a Sterling Prize, and the firm just completed a new research center for another innovative English firm, Dyson). Curbed spoke with Wilkinson about his firm?s work and projects in progress, especially some of the more high-tech facades that have become features of recent designs.
Interior of Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

Gardens by the Bay in Singapore: A striking greenhouse in the tropics
For Brits or Americans, public gardens and greenhouses normally showcase tropical plants far from their natural habitats. But what about greenhouses in the tropics...