Moorfields Eye Hospital
Fact Sheet
Title of Project
Art commissions at the Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre, Moorfields Hospital
Artists
Samantha Bryan, Lucy Casson, Yuko Shiraishi, Alison Turnbull
Commissioner
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Commenced
Late 2003
Completed
Summer 2007
Location
London
The art projects
A series of sculptures, two small-scale tableaux, a wall painting, a collaboration with the architects for the designs of window louvres.
Budget
£93,000
Funding Sources
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Arts Council England
Project Consultant
ArtOffice
Architect
Penoyre & Prasad
Contractor
Balfour Beatty
Contacts for further information
Samantha Bryan
Lucy Casson
Yuko Shiraishi
Alison Turnbull
ArtOffice
Penoyre & Prasad LLP
In 2007, the project attracted Building Design’s Health Building Architect of the Year, Building Better Healthcare’s Best Hospital Design, and Islington Society awards.
For further information see The Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital, published by Wordsearch, 2007, The Architect’s Journal, 26.4.07, pp. 24-35, and Transformations: The Architecture of Penoyre & Prasad, published by Black Dog Publishing, 2007.
