Price & Myers
Price & Myers is a firm of Consulting Structural and Civil Engineers founded in 1978 by Sam Price and Robert Myers. The practice is notable for the revival of the Royal Festival Hall with Allies and Morrison, the restoration of Astley Castle with Witherford Watson Mann Architects, which won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2013, and its involvement in Slipstream, the 78-metre long sculpture in Heathrow's Terminal 2 with artist Richard Wilson, curated by Futurecity.
History
Price & Myers became a Limited Liability Partnership in 2003 and currently has offices in Nottingham, Oxford and London. The company has specialist Structures, Geometrics, Infrastructure and Sustainability teams. Over 23,000 projects have been completed by the practice since it was founded and they have been involved in various award winning projects including the Stirling Prize 2013 for the restoration of Astley Castle with architects Witherford Watson Mann, the Stephen Lawrence Prize for Montpelier Community Nursery with AY Architects and the Wood Awards Gold Award and Structural Award for Bishop Edward King Chapel with Niall McLaughlin Architects, which also won Civic Trust Awards and was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize 2013.
Notable Projects
- Akerman Health Centre with architects Henley Halebrown Rorrison
- Astley Castle with architects Witherford Watson Mann
- Bishop Edward King Chapel with Niall McLaughlin Architects
- Brick House with Caruso St John Architects
- Brockholes Visitor Centre with Adam Khan Architects
- Churchill War Rooms entrance with Clash Architects
- Cultural Centre on Southend Pier with White Arkitekter and Sprunt
- Curtain Road with Duggan Morris Architects
- The London Library refurbishment with Haworth Tompkins Architects
- Meads Reach footbridge with Niall McLaughlin Architects
- Millennium Bridge (Dublin) with Howley Harrington Architects
- Montpelier Community Nursery with AY Architects
- Multiple works at Pembroke College, Oxford all with BGS Architects, including the Bridging Centuries footbridge
- Royal Festival Hall Revival with architects Allies and Morrison
- Sevenoaks School Performing Arts Centre with Tim Ronalds Architects
- Slipstream with artist Richard Wilson
- Tree House with 6a Architects
Artwork
Over the years Price & Myers' Geometrics team have worked with artists towards the structural integrity of large-scale works. Noteworthy instances include:
- Gravity in Camden by Aleksandra Mir
- Life as a Circus in Blackpool by Peter Blake
- Line of Control in Tate Britain with Subodh Gupta
- Powerless Structures, Fig. 101 in Trafalgar Square by Elmgreen and Dragset
- Rise in Belfast by Wolfgang Buttress
- Sky Mirror in Nottingham with Anish Kapoor
- The Sun in Berkeley Square by Dale Chihuly
- Turning the Place Over in Liverpool by Richard Wilson