Partners

 

Architecture and Construction

Rick Mather Architects
Shortlisted by the RIBA for the 2010 Stirling Prize for the transformation of the Ashmolean Museum, Rick Mather Architects are also working in Oxford on a new quad for Keble College and have just won the competition for a new building in the centre of Worcester College. Also recently completed are the award-winning new auditorium for Corpus Christi College in Oxford and the new student residences and renewed art school at Stowe. The RIBA has just announced that Rick Mather Architects’ $150 million expansion and sculpture garden for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is shortlisted for the 2011 international Lubetkin Prize.

Beard
Beard is an award-winning construction company with a reputation for excellence throughout the South of England. Specialists in conservation and improvement works for historic and listed buildings, the company carries out ongoing projects for many of Oxford’s Colleges as well as the University of Oxford and clients further afield. Beard has also worked at Oxford’s Natural History Museum to refurbish a 150 year old glass roof over the main galleries; a challenging £6.5 million project to excavate beneath the Queen’s College to create new kitchens and dining facilities; the construction of the new £8.5 million neo-classical style Pipe Partridge building at Lady Margaret Hall. The team has just completed works to restore stonework at the University Examination Schools and an important programme of restoration is now starting at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin. For further information visit: www.beardconstruction.co.uk

Contractors and Specialists

  • Structural Engineer Price & Myers
  • Services Engineer Hoare Lea
  • Lighting DHA Design
  • Exhibition Design Rick Mather Architects with the Ashmolean Design Department
  • Interpretation Ashmolean Museum
  • Display Cases Meyvaert Glass Engineering
  • Interiors design Rick Mather Architects

Supporters

The Egyptian Cultural Centre and Educational Bureau in London
Established in 1907 by Saad Zakloul Pash, Minister of Public Knowledge, the Bureau ‘s role is to promote Egyptian civilization both ancient and modern, religious principles, and the teaching of the Arabic language. The Bureau was based in Victoria, London, until 1943, when it moved to its current premises at 4 Chesterfield Gardens. The building is currently undergoing a restoration project which will be completed in October 2012. When it reopens, the Centre will have new exhibition halls, a library and learning centre, and a cinema. With support from the Museums Association’s Effective Collections Fund, the Centre will hold a series of displays featuring artefacts from UCL’s Petrie Museum. Curated by Egyptian people living in London and Egypt, this will be an unprecedented and unique collaboration between the cultural branch of the Egyptian government, a local community group and a university museum.

The Egyptian State Tourist Office
The Press Launch of the new galleries has been sponsored by The Egyptian State Tourist Office. The stunning, colossal monuments of Ancient Egypt never fail to astonish. The heat, sight and the light of the desert invigorate. The cool, turquoise waters rejuvenate. A romantic cruise along the world’s longest river dazzles the senses. A first class getaway resort in the Red Sea Riviera is pure escapism. No place has the magic, mystery and pleasures of Egypt. Travel to Egypt to discover a world of wonder. For more information visit: www.egypt.travel

First Great Western
The press launch for the new galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia has been supported by our travel partners First Great Western. For more information visit www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk

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