Marks Barfield Explained

Marks Barfield Ltd
Type:	Private
Industry:	Architectural firm
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Hq Location City:	London
Hq Location Country:	England
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Owner:	^[1]

Marks Barfield Architects is a London-based architectural firm founded by husband and wife David Marks and Julia Barfield.^[2] Their work has included the London Eye, the treetop walkway in Kew Gardens, the i360 observation tower in Brighton, England and Cambridge Central Mosque.

Works

• Liverpool Watersports Centre (1994)^[3]
• Waterloo Millenium Pier (1999)^[4]
• London Eye (2000)
• Stoke Newington Watersports Centre (2002)^[5]
• Millbank Millennium Pier (2004)^[6]
• Spiral Café, Birmingham (2004)^[7]
• The Lightbox, Woking (2007)^[8]
• The Michael Tippett School (2008)^[9]
• Treetop Walkway at Kew Gardens (2008)^[10]
• Wembley White Horse Bridge & Public Realm (2008)^[11]
• Think Tank, Lincoln (2008)^[12]
• Greenwich Gateway Pavilions (2015)^[13]
• University of Cambridge Primary School (2015)^[14]
• i360, Brighton (2016)^[15]
• Cambridge Central Mosque (2018)^[16]

Proposed project

• Amazon Science Centre, including a six-mile rainforest canopy walkway (2012)^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Companies House profile. 15 July 2020.
2. Web site: Towering ambition . The Guardian . 27 March 2006 . 31 March 2014 . Rose, Steve.
3. Web site: Liverpool Watersports Centre . RIBA Architecture.com.
4. Web site: Waterloo Millenium Pier . Marks Barfield .
5. Web site: Stoke Newington Watersports Centre . Architizer . 25 July 2016 .
6. Web site: Millbank Millennium Pier . Architect Magazine. February 25, 2015.
7. Web site: Spiral Cafe, UK . Copper Concept .
8. Web site: The Lightbox Gallery Woking / Marks Barfield Architects . 28 April 2014 . Arch Daily .
9. Web site: Marks Barfield Architects: Michael Tippett School . world-architect .
10. News: Kew Gardens £3m treetop walkway is opened . 23 May 2008 . The Daily Telegraph.
11. Web site: Marks Barfield Architects: White Horse Bridge & Wembley Urban Realm . World Architect.
12. Web site: In pictures: Marks Barfield's Lincoln 'Think Tank'. 6 March 2009 . Architects Journal .
13. Web site: Greenwich Gateway Pavilions / Marks Barfield Architects . 6 March 2015. Arch Daily.
14. News: How to design a primary school where learning has no limits. The Guardian. 17 March 2015 . Lucy . Ward.
15. News: London Eye architects Marks Barfield on their maddest project yet . Dominic . Bradbury . 9 July 2016 . The Daily Telegraph .
16. News: Cambridge £15m mosque plans approved for Mill Road site . 22 August 2012 . BBC .
17. Web site: Marks Barfield plans Amazon rainforest walkway . BD Online . 24 January 2012 . 31 March 2014 . Klettner, Andrea.