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Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

In Spring 2020 we won the competition to transform historic New River Head in Islington into the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. The atmospheric buildings will become galleries, educational and social spaces, and the story of how fresh water was brought to London will be told on the site.

 
 
 

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Completion: 2026
Location: Islington, London

In Spring 2020 we won the competition to transform historic New River Head in Islington into the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. The atmospheric buildings have become galleries, educational and social spaces, and the story of how fresh water was brought to London has been told on the site.


 
““Tim Ronalds Architects has given the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration a delightfully quirky new home, worthy of its patron’s work, within the buildings at a historic London waterworks site” ”
— RIBA Journal
“We are absolutely thrilled to be opening the gates of New River Head as the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, following Tim Ronalds Architects’ sensitive restoration and redevelopment. At long last, visitors will be able to explore and enjoy this amazing place and its fascinating stories.
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— Lindsey Glen, director, Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
“the centre’s success rests on considered mediations between the original building, its new role and the experience of visitors”
— RIBA Journal

Quentin Blake©2021

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