Downland Gridshell

Location

Weald & Downland Open-air Museum, Singleton, West Sussex.

structure

Oak gridshell with timber cladding.

The Project

To provide the Weald & Downland open air museum with new 
artefact storage and timber framing workshop. The two functions
take place in a single two-storey building, the lower storey being 
a heavy masonry structure and the upper storey being a 
lightweight timber gridshell. The project was begun in 1996 and 
completed in 2002 following a two-year construction programme. 
Steve Johnson was acting as project architect while consulting 
with Edward Cullinan architects. 

Value

£1.6 Million 

Further Infomation

www.wealddown.co.uk 

www.edwardcullinanarchitects.com