ARCHITECTURE
mima is a £14.2m landmark new building designed by Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects. Located in the heart of Middlesbrough in the north east of England it is surrounded by a £5m public square also designed by EEA Architects along with West 8.
The bold new building includes:
five exhibition galleries
two project spaces
education space
sound space
event space
two collection stores
a conservation studio
café & shop
roof terrace & garden
mima fact file
Build start date: January 28, 2004
Opening date: January 27, 2007
Cost: £14.2 million
Height: 16.5 meters
Length and depth: 30 x 20 metres
Exterior cladding: Imported Turkish limestone
Stone floors and stairs: Imported Italian slate
Atrium Columns: Imported from France due to height
No of companies and finishing: 25+ trades involved
No of galleries: 5
No of floors: Ground + 3
No of collection stores: 2
“flamboyant, almost baroque treatment of modernist forms … mima’s greatest achievement is to reconfigure Middlesbrough’s city centre” Steve Rose, The Guardian.
The bold new building includes:
five exhibition galleries
two project spaces
education space
sound space
event space
two collection stores
a conservation studio
café & shop
roof terrace & garden
mima fact file
Build start date: January 28, 2004
Opening date: January 27, 2007
Cost: £14.2 million
Height: 16.5 meters
Length and depth: 30 x 20 metres
Exterior cladding: Imported Turkish limestone
Stone floors and stairs: Imported Italian slate
Atrium Columns: Imported from France due to height
No of companies and finishing: 25+ trades involved
No of galleries: 5
No of floors: Ground + 3
No of collection stores: 2
“flamboyant, almost baroque treatment of modernist forms … mima’s greatest achievement is to reconfigure Middlesbrough’s city centre” Steve Rose, The Guardian.
