6a Architects are shortlisted for the British Museum's Western Range competition.

September 5, 2024

Gitta is thrilled to be part of 6a Architects team for the competition to transform the Western Range Galleries at the British Museum, which represent a third of the museum and covers Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome. The shortlisted teams are:

Team 1: 6a Architects
with: Gitta Gschwendtner, Purcell, Arup, Studio ZNA, Kellenberger-White, LSA, David Bonnett Associates, AIS

Team 2: David Chipperfield Architects
with: Plan A, Adamson Associates, Atelier Bruckner, Lobe Lloyd, Julian Harrap Architects, Atelier Ten, Arup, Reusefully, Alan Baxter Associates, AEA Consulting, Neal Shasore

Team 3: Eric Parry Architects and Jamie Fobert Architects with: Purcell, Max Fordham, Price & Myers, Buro Happold, Studio ZNA, David Bonnett Associates, Space Syntax, Mima

Team 4: Lina Ghotmeh Architecture
with: Ali Cherri, Plan A, Purcell, Holmes Studio and Arup

Team 5: OMA
with: dUCKS Sceno, Cookies, Salvatore Settis, Purcell, Arup, EQ2 Lighting, Studio ZNA, Benoy

The Urban Nature Project opens at the Natural History Museum

August 20, 2024

The transformed outdoor space at the Natural History Museum opened this July, unveiling five acres of gardens telling the story of evolution on our planet, from 2.7 billion years ago to the present day. Gitta Gschwendtner designed the 3D interpretation, imbedding narratives and interactive installation within the landscape. Feilden Fowles led the transformation, working in collaboration with landscape architects J&L Gibbons and alongside engineersHRW and Max Fordham.

credit @ Kendal Noctor, The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, Feilden Fowles

William Blake's Universe opens at the Fitzwilliam Museum

March 21, 2024

William Blake’s Universe is the first exhibition to explore Blake’s boundless imagination in the context of wider trends and themes in European art including romanticism, mysticism and ideas of spiritual regeneration.

David Attenborrough quote unveiled at the Natural History Museum

January 25, 2024

Sir David Attenborrough unveils his powerful and poignant quote as part of the Natural History Museum’s Urban Nature Project, currently underway to transform the Museum’s five-acre gardens into a hub for urban nature and biodiversity due to open in summer 2024.

“The future of the natural world, on which we all depend, is in our hands”

credit © The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

The Polar Silk Road opens at the Natural History Museum

May 26, 2023

Gregor Sailer’s stunning images of the polar region are shown in a lightweight white build that emphasises the serenity of the polar region, while referencing the manmade structures depicted in the photographs.

The Lost Rhino: An Art Installation with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

January 31, 2023

The Lost Rhino is a free exhibition at the Natural History Museum that explores extinction, conservation and technology. The exhibition design employs a re-usable scaffold system, utilising the circular economy. Open until 19.03.2023.

Brother Beasley Repair Shop

October 6, 2022

The rocker Gitta designed as part of Carl Clerkin’s Beasley Brothers Repair Shop is on show alongside fellow repair jobs at the SCP showroom from 4-12th of October, culminating in an auction on the evening of 12th October.

Eternally Yours at Somerset House

September 10, 2022

Eternally Yours, an exhibition curated by Claire Catterall, explores ideas around care, repair and healing. As part of the exhibition Gitta has been invited by Carl Clerkin to exhibit her photograph “Catch of the Day”, showing a goal repaired and made from discarded fishing nets in Porthgain. Furthermore, Gitta made a rocker from a number of donated off cuts and components in Carl’s on gallery workshop.