News
Abbey Crescent gets the go ahead
15 Feb 2012The Abbey Crescent scheme, inspired by the 'Riviera style' has received planning permission in Torquay, South Devon. The project, designed by architects Kay Elliott, is situated in a prominent, south-facing, coastal location overlooking Tor Bay. Ginkgo Projects has designed the public realm and art for this project.
See more
Border Crossings: Gretna Landmark
8 Jan 2011Gretna Landmark is a multiple installation of art and design being created to celebrate a historic border, the border between Scotland and England. Ginkgo, working for dgArts, is leading on the project development.
See more
Cecil Balmond selected to develop border crossing project at Gretna with Charles Jencks
5 Jul 2011Ginkgo Projects' sister company Wide Open (South Scotland) Ltd has announced that Cecil Balmond has been invited to develop his proposal for The Star of Caledonia, which celebrates and explores the border crossing into Scotland at Gretna. Cecil has been chosen to work with internationally renowned architectural critic, land artist and designer Charles Jencks to realise an ambitious large scale project of integrated sculptural form and landscape.
See more
East Melksham
15 Feb 2012Filmmaker Verity-Jane Keefe has been selected to make a film relating to the new development on the land to the East of Melksham in Wiltshire. Verity will be spending some time in Melksham over the next few weeks exploring the area, especially the walking routes through East Melksham and the links between the old town and the new.
See more
Extended Cloister temporary work by OSA
9 Dec 2010As part of the Torbay Connected project curated by Ginkgo, artist/architect group OSA created a unique installation for Torre Abbey Meadows, Torquay to build a direct connection between the seafront and Torre Abbey's history.
See more
Horizon House wins awards
15 Feb 2012Horizon House in Bristol has won the BREEAM Offices Award 2010 (highest recorded score in the UK) and Insider Property Awards 2011 Office Development of the Year.
See more
Launch of Torbay Connected website
21 Apr 2011Ginkgo is working in partnership with Torbay Council to explore how people and places can be better connected through enhancing pedestrian journeys. Torbay Connected (www.torbayconnected.co.uk) uses a framework of natural legibility to form the basis of place enhancement through art and cultural commissioning.
See more
Royal Terrace Gardens is finalist in RICS Awards
4 Jun 2011Royal Terrace Gardens has been announced as a finalist in the 2011 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Awards South West. The project was included in the Community Benefit shortlist, and was commended by the judges as: “a much valued additional public facility in an important location on the seafront. This scheme was entirely funded by Torbay Council who are to be commended for committing funding to this scheme in difficult times. An impressive outcome.”
See more