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Nicholas Grimshaw

English architect (1939–2025)

  • Fame52.0
  • Momentum5.6
  • Architects rank#234
  • Wikipedia1.4K
Lived 1939–2025, aged 86United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomArchitectsArchitect
  • Wikipedia
    22 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1939–2025
    Aged 86
  • Awards
    4
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-26

Sir Nicholas Grimshaw was an 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 from its foundation to 2019, when he was succeeded by Andrew Whalley. He was a recipient of the RIBA Gold Medal.

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Fame
Rising
52.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum5.6
Historical18.6
Now attention31.3
Source confidence70.0
Completeness65.0
Global rank
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Category rank
#234
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