project title: British Film Institute Master Film Store
location: Kineton Road | Gaydon | WARWICKSHIRE
completed: december 2011
Client: British Film Institute
Project Manager: Buro Four
Quantity Surveyor: WH Stephens
Architect: Edward Cullinan Architects
Structural Engineer: Curtins
Services Engineer: Couch Perry Wilkes
project value: £10million
The pioneering new Master Film Store preserves the British Film Institute's master film collections of nitrate and acetate film. The highly specialised building houses one of the largest nitrate collections in the world.
The store meets stringent insulation and air-tight regulations in order to sustain the internal environment using minimal energy. The building is a world-leading storage facility and breaks new ground in terms of capacity, storage conditions, green construction and energy efficiency.