Tony Kettle
| Tony Kettle | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Edinburgh, UK |
| Occupation | Design Principal and Director of Kettle Collective |
| Website | kettle.co |
Tony Kettle is a British architect probably best known for designing the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland and Lakhta Centre, Gazprom Headquarters in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Kettle founded his own international architecture firm, Kettle Collective, with former RMJM Managing Principal Colin Bone. Prior to founding his own firm, Kettle was Group Design Principal of global firm, RMJM which he joined in 1989. During his time there he acted as UK Director, European Director and finally International Group Design Director where he would oversee design collaboration throughout regions and sectors.
Kettle and his team were appointed by British Waterways Scotland to design a focal point of the Millennium Link to create a fully navigable waterway between Edinburgh and Glasgow for the first time in almost 70 years.
The Falkirk Wheel was designed to reconnect the Forth of Clyde Canal with the Union Canal lying some 35 metres below. In addition, there was a need to design and build the visitor centre that now provides dramatic views of the Falkirk Wheel in action. The Wheel was completed ahead of schedule in 2002, and was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ.
Kettle worked out the principal engineering concept by using his daughter's lego to make a model of the turning wheel while preserving two upright sections for the boats. This model was later displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London at the ‘British Design 1948-2012, Innovation in the Modern Age’ Exhibition from 31 March until 12 August 2012.
On 1 December 2006, Gazprom and the St Petersburg city authorities announced that Kettle’s design had been chosen for what was then named the Okhta Centre in St Petersburg.
Kettle and his team created a building and masterplan that it is hoped will revitalise an area of former industrial land 12 km from the city centre on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. It is hoped that the complex will provide a blueprint for future sustainable design across Russia.
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