{{Short description|Architectural firm}} [[File:New scotland yard.jpg|thumb|upright|[[New Scotland Yard]], Chapman Taylor's first design project in 1959]] [[File:Horse sculpture in the Trinity Centre, Leeds (Taken by Flickr user 12th April 2013).jpg|thumb|[[Trinity Leeds]] Shopping Centre, Leeds UK, Chapman Taylor project, opened 2013]] '''Chapman Taylor''' is an international firm of architects, planners and interior designers based in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[Africa]].
The practice has completed over 3,000 projects and won over 300 design awards over its history, including the UK [[Queen's Awards for Enterprise|Queen's Award]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.europe-re.com/system/main.php?pageid=2616&articleid=13844 |work=Europe Real Estate |title=Queen's Award for Chapman Taylor architects on 50th anniversary (UK) |date=27 April 2009}}</ref>
Chapman Taylor specializes in residential, retail, leisure, hospitality, transportation and workplace design as well as the combination of these uses in large-scale mixed-use environments.
==History== The practice was established in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1959.<ref name=profile>{{cite web |url=http://www.chapmantaylor.com/profile |website=Chapman Taylor |title=Profile|access-date=22 October 2017}}</ref> Its first project was the design and delivery of [[New Scotland Yard (building)|New Scotland Yard]],<ref>{{Citation |last=Jamie Barras |title=New Scotland Yard SW1 |date=2009-03-18 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ddtmmm/3365964446/ |access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref> which became the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. During the 1970s, Chapman Taylor was part of the expansion of the retail sector in the United Kingdom.
In the 1980s, the practice was involved in several [[London]] [[Planned community|masterplanning]] schemes, including Millbank Estate, for the Crown Estate Commissioners, a {{convert|27|acre|adj=on}} Central London site.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Road |first=One Darnley |date=2024-12-22 |title=Chapman Taylor: Our London origins |url=https://www.chapmantaylor.com/news/chapman-taylor-at-60-our-london-origins |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Chapman Taylor |language=en}}</ref>
In the early 1990s, the practice started designing many projects outside the UK and opened its first design studios in mainland Europe. The 2010s saw greater international expansion encompassing projects and offices across Europe, Asia, Central and South America, and Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Road |first=One Darnley |date=2022-04-27 |title=People |url=https://www.chapmantaylor.com/people |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Chapman Taylor |language=en}}</ref>
In 2006, Chapman Taylor won the [[Carbuncle Cup]], as Drake Circus Shopping Centre was named the United Kingdom's new ugliest building.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Telford |first=William |date=2018-08-29 |title=When Drake Circus was named the ugliest building in Britain |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/business/draker-circus-named-ugliest-building-19494713 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=PlymouthLive |language=en}}</ref>
Founding partner Bob Chapman died in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-09 |title=Chapman Taylor co-founder Bob Chapman dies |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/chapman-taylor-co-founder-bob-chapman-dies |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=The Architects’ Journal |language=en}}</ref> In 2019 founding partner [[Jane Durham]] died.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Road |first=One Darnley |date=2022-04-28 |title=Jane Durham, Chapman Taylor Founding Partner, 1930 -… |url=https://www.chapmantaylor.com/news/jane-durham-chapman-taylor-founding-partner-1930-2019 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Chapman Taylor |language=en}}</ref>
==Major projects== * [[Eldon Square Shopping Centre]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], UK (1976) – an urban shopping mall designed with sloping public spaces and dual 'ground floors'.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtJZaNYLxE8C |author=Peter Coleman |title=Shopping Environments: Evolution, Planning and Design |page=151 |publisher=Elsevier Ltd |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7506-6001-3 }}</ref> * Victoria Place, [[London Victoria station|Victoria Station]], London, UK (1987) – {{convert|80,000|sqft}} of retail units suspended above the train platforms using the station's existing structure<ref>{{Citation|author=Peter Coleman |title=Shopping Environments: Evolution, Planning and Design |pages=232–233 |publisher=Elsevier Ltd |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7506-6001-3 }}</ref> * [[MediaCityUK]], Manchester, UK (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/mediacityuk |title=MediaCityUK, Manchester, UK |website=Chapman Taylor |access-date=2017-10-22 |archive-date=2017-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101201339/http://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/mediacityuk |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/landsec-snaps-up-majority-stake-in-media-city/5114538.article | title=Landsec snaps up majority stake in Media City | first=Tom | last=Lowe | date=3 November 2021 | work=Building | location=UK | accessdate=3 November 2021 }}</ref> * [[Trinity Leeds]], Leeds, UK * [[Cabot Circus]], Bristol, UK (2008) * [[Global Harbor]], [[Shanghai]], China (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/global-harbor-shanghai |title=Global Harbor Shanghai, Shanghai, China |website=Chapman Taylor }}</ref> * [[Liverpool Waters]], [[Liverpool]], UK (2013–)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/liverpool-waters |title=Liverpool Waters, Liverpool, UK |website=Chapman Taylor }}</ref> * [[Heathrow Terminal 5]], (Retail section) London, UK * [[Heathrow Terminal 2]], (Retail section) London, UK * [[Mall of Qatar]], Qatar (2016) * [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]], London, UK<ref>{{Cite web |last=Road |first=One Darnley |date=2022-04-27 |title=St Pancras International |url=https://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/st-pancras-international |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Chapman Taylor |language=en}}</ref> * [[Trafford Centre]], Manchester, UK (1998) * [[Port Baku Towers|Port Baku Tower]], Azerbaijan<ref>{{Cite web |last=Road |first=One Darnley |date=2022-04-27 |title=Port Baku Tower |url=https://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/port-baku-tower |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Chapman Taylor |language=en}}</ref> * [[Almaty Museum of Arts]], Kazakhstan (2025)<ref name=chapman>{{cite web |url=https://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/almaty-museum-of-art |title=Almaty Museum of Art |publisher=Chapman Taylor}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.chapmantaylor.com}}
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