Mini Holding Pattern on display in Italy

GKA travelled to Latina, Italy last Saturday to attend the 2017 COMEL Awards. GKA’s sculpture Holding Pattern, completed for last year’s Art on the Atlanta BeltLine has been nominated as a finalist in the award. A smaller version of the original sculpture was shipped to Latina for inclusion in the exhibition.
The award celebrates artwork made from aluminium and included pieces from 13 shortlisted artists from across Europe.

GKA makes COMEL Award 2017 shortlist

George King Architects have been named as a finalist in the year’s COMEL Award. The award, which celebrates the use of aluminium in contemporary art, received hundreds of entries from artists around the world.
GKA is one of 13 finalists whose work will be included in an exhibition in Latina, Italy in October.

GKA on shortlist for Sousse and Bardo Memorial Design Competition

George King Architects have been included on the shortlist for the 2015 Sousse and Bardo Memorial design competition. The memorial will be located within Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham and will commemorate the British victims of these two terrible attacks.The design competition has been organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with the chosen design to be announced later in the year.
1000 Thank Yous

One Thousand Thank Yous completed

GKA have completed a hanging installation entitled One Thousand Thank Yous at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The piece was commissioned by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Organ Donation Committee and Partners to provide a permanent reminder of the power of organ and tissue donation and to commemorate this gift of life.
The work consists of 1000 gold anodised aluminium gift tags, some inscribed with messages from transplant recipient to their donors. The tags are hung from the ceiling in the central atrium of the hospital and come together in the shape of a heart, one of the most common forms of organ transplant, providing the gift of life to hundreds of people each year.
As well as recognising and thanking all organ and tissue donors, One Thousand Thank Yous forms part of a wider NHS campaign to raise awareness about organ donation.
Forged by Flame Eastbourne Pier

GKA successful in pier sculpture contest

George King Architects are very pleased to announce that our design Forged by Flame has been selected as the winning entry in the Eastbourne Pier Sculpture Competition. The sculpture takes the form of an elegant twisting flame and will be made from materials reclaimed from the 2014 pier fire, including 20,000 charred two pence pieces.
Forged by Flame, which was selected from four shortlisted entries, has a budget of £20,000 and will be funded from a £2 million grant pledged by former prime minister David Cameron when he visited Eastbourne shortly after the fire.
The sculpture will be in place on the seafront by summer 2017.
Forged by Flame Eastbourne Pier

‘Forged by Flame’ makes pier sculpture shortlist

George King Architects have been shortlisted in an open design competition calling for a sculpture to reflect on the 2014 Eastbourne Pier fire. 
GKA’s submissionForged by Flame, is formed from over 20,000 damaged two pence coins that were reclaimed from the ashes of the fire. It depicts a single elegant, tapering, twisting flame, a symbol not just of destruction but of creation, rebirth and hope.
The next phase of the competition will include an exhibition of scale models and a public vote held at the Towner Gallery in late June.