Spring News
MET Studio is proud to announce the royal opening of the Budongo Trail Chimpanzee exhibit by HRH The Princess Royal.
MET Studio have worked in conjunction with the RZSS and Cooper Cromar architects over the last two years to design and build this world class Chimpanzee enclosure. The exhibition focuses on the conservation effort currently taking place in the Budongo forest, Uganda by introducing visitors to the tireless efforts being made in the preservation of our closest cousins, the wonder and awe of their environment and the varied and intricate personalities they possess. The exhibit has already been billed as one of Europe’s leading zoological interpretational experiences.
“This is going to be setting an amazing new standard for British and European zoo interpretation.”
-Stephen P Woollard, Education & Interpretation Manager.
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Spring News
An exhibition put together by soldiers to depict their experiences fighting the Taliban has been nominated for the Art Fund Prize (Ben Hoyle writes). Helmand: The Soldiers' Story, at the
National Army Museum, Chelsea, is one of ten projects and institutions being considered for the £100,000 prize. More than 150 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade contributed to the exhibition, which tells the story of their tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2006.
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MET Studio is proud to announce two awards received for Hong Kong Wetland Park
The Waterfront Centre "2007 Excellence on the Waterfront Awards" Top Honor Award, awarded by the Waterfront Centre of Washington DC, USA, and presented in Boston USA on 2 November 2007. The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Global Award for Excellence, awarded by the ULI also of Washington DC and presented in Las Vegas, USA, on 26 October 2007. "This brings to 15 the number of national/international Awards conferred on our project and I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all once again for your invaluable contributions to this amazing success story! - please pass on my appreciation and regards to all of your staff and sub consultants who were involved. We truly had a remarkable project team."-Andy Lewis at Architectural Services Department, Hong Kong
Labels: exhibition design, exhibition designers, museum design, Museum Designers
Winter News
On the evening of the 15th of November, to celebrate our silver anniversary all elements came together for a night of rich chemistry. 200 employees and friends of MET Studio, past and present, fused for a night to remember.
Click here to view pictures from the celebration. Labels: exhibit design, exhibition designers, museum design, Museum Designers
Autumn News
Met Studio has recently completed its work for a unique exhibition that is now open at the
National Army Museum. HELMAND: The Soldiers’ Story has been built, written and contributed to by soldiers of 16 Air Assault Brigade, to tell the story of their experiences fighting in Afghanistan’s troubled Helmand Province in 2006.
Labels: exhibit design, exhibit designers, exhibition construction, exhibition design, met studio, National Army Museum
