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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.
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Artist Toby Paterson and Collective Architecture appointed for Dunfermline project
10 Aug 2012Glasgow-based artist Toby Paterson and Collective Architecture practice have been appointed to deliver Marking the Way, a public art project in Dunfermline.
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Artist wanted for Animal Architecture commission in Weymouth
17 Sep 2012Synergy Housing are looking to commission an artist or designer to design and build a piece of animal architecture to be integrated into seven small development sites in Littlemoor.
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Artist/creative facilitator wanted for Gillingham Neighbourhood Plan
20 Jul 2012An artist/creative facilitator opportunity has arisen to work with the group of local councillors and residents developing a Neighbourhood Plan for Gillingham in the Blackmore Vale, North Dorset.
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Bespoke seating installed in Dorchester
17 Jan 2013Public seating based on the form of Roman black burnished vessels now in Dorchester Museum have been installed outside the new Council offices.
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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.
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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.
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David Cotterrell appointed for Cornwall university project
23 Jan 2013Renowned installation artist David Cotterrell has been appointed lead artist on the The Heart Space project on the Falmouth University campus in Cornwall.
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Designs for South Bristol Community Hospital are complete
31 May 2012Artists Grennan & Sperandio have released some of their designs for 12 artworks based on favourite views of south Bristol. The designs will be turned into vitreous enamel artworks for display inside the new South Bristol Community Hospital at Hengrove Park.
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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.
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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.
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Ginkgo appointed for Dunfermline
31 May 2012Ginkgo has been appointed to develop a public art programme for Dunfermline city centre to enhance legibility and improve the walking experience between key arrival points and destinations.
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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.
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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.
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Moving image project to be premiered in East Melksham
24 Sep 2012Verity-Jane Keefe's site-specific film, A Possible Lifestyle, will be screened in an empty house within the new East Melksham development to the east of the town on Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September 2012.
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Parasite Ceramics appointed for Walking Distance commission
19 Sep 2012Emerging site specific ceramics practice Parasite Ceramics have been appointed to deliver a series of permanent works to be integrated into the public realm of central Dorchester in Dorset.
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Parasite Ceramics kick off their N3 project
11 Jan 2013Parasite began their N3 project with a participatory event in Dorchester on 22nd December to support their research for the permanent Walking Distance commission.
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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.”
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Something & Son's workshop takes place with Weymouth residents
28 Feb 2013Artists Something & Son held a workshop for local residents as part of their research for the Animal Architecture commission in Littlemoor, Weymouth.
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Something and Son appointed for Animal Architecture project
13 Dec 2012The creators of Barking Bathhouse have been appointed to create a series of animal habitats for a housing development in Littlemoor, Dorset as part of the N3: Nature Network Neighbourhood project.
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Toby Paterson work in Dunfermline til 23rd December
9 Dec 2012Two temporary sculptural structures by Toby Paterson with Collective Architecture are now on display in Dunfermline parks until 23rd December.
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Toby Paterson's Dunfermline guide now available to download
13 Dec 2012A Subjective Walking View of Dunfermline by Toby Paterson and Collective Architecture is now available to download.
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Verity Jane Keefe walking and screening event in Melksham
10 Oct 2012Verity Jane Keefe has launched her film A Possible Lifestyle in East Melksham with a screening and walking event on the 28th to 30th September. Verity spent a period of intense research in Melksham, unpicking the town’s character through it’s architecture, it’s residents and it’s history.
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Visual artist wanted for Walking Distance commission in Dorset
20 Aug 2012An artist commission has arisen to deliver site-specific research, a temporary commission and a series of small permanent public art commissions in Dorchester, Dorset.
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We Made That appointed for Gillingham Neighbourhood Plan
21 Aug 2012Architecture and design studio We Made That have been appointed to work with Gillingham Neighbourhood Plan group in Dorset to explore how creativity can be embedded into the Plan.
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We Made That's project research under way in Gillingham
9 Oct 2012We Made That have begun their research for Gillingham Neighbourhood Plan project, forming part of the N3: Nature Network Neighbourhood programme in Dorset.
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