Gitta is delighted to receive listed building consent for her public realm installation on the grade 1 listed Smith’s Screen in Aberdeen. The medieval Aberdeen Bestiary inspired fourteen gold leafed bronze birds to be installed in spring 2026.
Gitta Gschwendtner and Kellenberger-White win Royal Observatory Greenwich project.
We are excited to work on a new project for the Royal Observatory Greenwich designing the external 3D interpretation and wayfinding opening in spring 2028. The transformation of the site is led by Jamie Forbert Architects, working closely with landscape architects FFLO.
6a Architects are shortlisted for the British Museum's Western Range competition.
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
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
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.
Photography Thomas Adank
David Attenborrough quote unveiled at the Natural History Museum
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
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.
credit © The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London
The Lost Rhino: An Art Installation with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
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.
credit © The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London
Brother Beasley Repair Shop
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
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.
V&A aquires Bodge Bench
The V&A Museum in London aquires the original Bodge Bench for their collection.
Photography © Jason Orton
Poussin and the Dance
Poussin and the Dance opens at the National Gallery in London.
Photo © The National Gallery, London
Vitra aquires Bodge Armchair
The Vitra Design Museum aquires the Bodge Armchair for their collection.
New website
New updated website launched!