Weald and Downland Gridshell

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|name=Weald and Downland Gridshell

|image=Gridshell.jpg

|caption=The Gridshell building

|building_type=Museum

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|structural_system=Gridshell

|location=Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, West Sussex, England

|completion_date=2002

|main_contractor=

|architect=Edward Cullinan Architects

|structural_engineer=Buro Happold

|services_engineer=Buro Happold

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The Weald and Downland Gridshell (2002) is a building designed by Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects for the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum: it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2002.{{cite web|author=Don Barker |title=Cullinan Throws a Curve |url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0129/building_2-1.html |publisher=Architecture Week |date=29 January 2003 |accessdate=18 July 2014 }} The building is a structural wooden gridshell, constructed of oak sourced from Normandy, and cladded with local cedar.{{Cite web |title=The Weald and Downland Gridshell |url=https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/the-weald-and-downland-gridshell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407044819/https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/the-weald-and-downland-gridshell/ |archive-date=7 April 2022 |access-date=1 November 2023 |website=Institution of Civil Engineers}} Before constructing the gridshell, members of Buro Happold and the Cullinan practice-built a prototype during their own time on weekends. This was also a self-supporting gridshell, and was used as a temporary entrance canopy on the Pompidou Centre in Paris.