Natural History Museum

London

Kim and Níall won an international competition for the complete redesign of the grounds of the Natural History Museum in London. The new landscape flows from east to west – from extinct to extant – starting with pre-Cambrian geology and culminating in Future Nature; a demonstration of natural resilience in a city experiencing turbulent climate. The beauty and science of the natural world is explored, showing how water, soil, air, food and wildlife can survive.

Kim worked with architects Nìall McLaughlin, project landscape architect Peter Wilder, engineers Expedition and Atelier 10 and exhibition designers Thomas Matthews. (cgis Pictureplane, plan WA). The new entrance was completed in 2018 but then the budget was dramatically cut and another team took over.