NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM EXHIBITION

Exhibition: Tuesday 21 October – Sunday 30 November
Lecture: Wednesday 19 November, 7pm (tickets £6/£4.50)

How do you go about designing a £28 million regeneration project on the waterfront in Falmouth, with shops, offices, residential accommodation, an event square, and the £19 million National Maritime Museum Cornwall?

This exhibition follows the process taken by architects Long & Kentish in 1996, whose design won the RIBA Competitive Interview over 72 other original applications.
Collecting design development sketches and models from both the architect’s and exhibition designer’s offices, the exhibition describes how the two were able to develop parallel designs, to communicate with each other and with the client.

Long & Kentish were determined to make this a building true to the region, part of the waterfront and full of the smells and sounds of the sea. The Museum officially opened in February 2003, so go and smell for yourself!

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