London studio Edward Cullinan Architects have completed a concrete and steel bunker to store the British Film Institute‘s entire film collection. Located in Warwickshire, England, the BFI Master Film Store can archive up to 460,000 film canisters inside vaults with sub-zero temperatures and specified humidity levels.

Project Data

Design Team Appointed: July 2009
Construction period commenced: October 2010
Construction Cost: £9million
Cost per m2: £3,000
Planning approved: June 2010
Building occupied: September 2011
Practical Completion Date: December 2011

Credits

Client: BFI
Architect: Edward Cullinan Architects
Structural Engineer: Curtins Consulting
Services Engineer: Couch Perry & Wilkes
Project Manager: Buro Four
Quantity surveyor: W H Stephens
CDM Coordinator: Arcadis
Main contractor: Gilbert Ash NI

Via Dezeen.com

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