The Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum in London, designed by C. F. M?ller Architects, has
been announced winner of the prestigious 2011 Civic Trust Award.
 
The Civic Trust Awards scheme was established in 1959 to recognise the very best in architecture,
design, planning, landscape and public art. Awards are given to projects of the highest quality
design, but only if they are judged to have made a positive cultural, social or economic
contribution to the local community.
 
The jury commented on the awarding of the Darwin Centre:
"This stunning modern building is an important new addition to The Natural History Museum, bringing
people closer than ever before to the important scientific work it carries out by revealing the
scientists at work. The contemporary extension offers visitors greater insight into the full
spectrum of the museum's activities. The 'Cocoon' at the centre of the design is a beautiful and
mysterious object, captured within a spacious glass atrium and the Angela Marmont Centre for UK
Biodiversity and the Attenborough Studio inspire a new generation of scientists with their
amazingly energetic and helpful staff. The new Darwin Centre makes an enormously positive and
extremely elegant contribution to communities far beyond South Kensington, and is a fitting
building to inspire scientists of every age."
 

 C. F. M?ller Architects was chosen for the commission in 2001, in competition with 59 other
international architectural firms. The Darwin Centre was inaugurated in late 2009, and has won a
number of awards for its spectacular and unusual architecture.
 
Apart from the Civic Trust Award, C. F. M?ller Architects has recently been awarded  numerous
international prizes including the Residential of the Year WAN AWARDS 2010 for the Siloetten silo-
conversion, the Malm? Stadsbyggnadspriset for the Emergencies & Infectious Diseases Unit at Sk?ne
University Hospital, as well as the RIBA International Award and Worldwide Brick Award for the A.
P. M?ller School in Schleswig.
 
  
由C. F. M?ller Architects设计的达尔文中心获得了2011年的Civic Trus奖。
奖从1959年设立，为设计，规划，景观，以及公共艺术中最高质量的项目颁发奖项，同时这些项目必须在当地对文化，社会，和经济等方面引起了积极的影响。
 
评审团如此评价达尔文中心：
“ 让人惊叹的现代化建筑，这是一个重要的自然史博物馆，使得人们比以往任何时候都要接近和了解科学以及工作其中的科学家们。让人们更深入的参与其中。在宽敞的玻璃中庭中心的“茧”非常美丽和神秘，给在其中工作的科学家们带来了积极的影响。新达尔文中心为南肯辛顿做出了非常巨大的积极，有利贡献，是一个激励各年龄层科学家的得体建筑。”
 
除此之外，C. F. M?ller Architects事务所还获得了其它众多奖项：Residential of the Year WAN AWARDS 2010
for the Siloetten silo-conversion, the Malm? Stadsbyggnadspriset for the Emergencies & Infectious Diseases
Unit at Sk?ne University Hospital, RIBA International Award ,Worldwide Brick Award for the A. P. M?ller School
in Schleswig.