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Nicholas Grimshaw

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Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (born 9 October 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London's Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. He was President of the Royal Academy from 2004 to 2011. He was chairman of Grimshaw Architects (formerly Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners) from its foundation to 2019, when he was succeeded by Andrew Whalley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Grimshaw has received more than 185,431 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nicholas Grimshaw is the 359th most popular architect (up from 377th in 2019), the 2,983rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,346th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Architect.

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  • 18

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  • 2.39

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Nicholas Grimshaw ranks 359 out of 424. Before him are Denise Scott Brown, Imre Makovecz, Girolamo Cassar, Nicolai Eigtved, Daniel Burnham, and Peter Joseph Lenné. After him are Capability Brown, Juan de Villanueva, Victor Baltard, Michel de Klerk, Vasily Bazhenov, and Mammad Hasan Hajinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Nicholas Grimshaw ranks 297. Before him are Pieter van Vollenhoven, Eugenio Dal Corso, Gila Almagor, Dixie Carter, Ernie Terrell, and David Frost. After him are Edwin Frederick O'Brien, Miroslav Cerar, Ferdinand Bracke, Aleksandër Meksi, Ron Atkinson, and Bob James.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Grimshaw ranks 2,983 out of 7,765. Before him are Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), Jennifer Saunders (1958), David Frost (1939), Adrian Paul (1959), Joe Abercrombie (1974), and Richard Hughes (1900). After him are Michael Morpurgo (1943), Alec McCowen (1925), Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681), John Hoppner (1758), Derek Bell (1941), and Gemma Chan (1982).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Grimshaw ranks 23. Before him are David Chipperfield (1953), Thomas Telford (1757), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Ralph Erskine (1914), Charles Cameron (1746), and Frederick Catherwood (1799). After him are Capability Brown (1716), Edward Blore (1787), Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Peter Cook (1936), Kenneth Frampton (1930), and Charles Robert Cockerell (1788).

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