In 2008, Coniston completed the extensive refurbishment and re-roofing of Galleries 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 at the British Museum.

This project involved the complete modernisation of the Central Saloon (Gallery 36) and Galleries37- 40, including the incorporation of new, highly sophisticated services.

The scope of this project was to reinstate four new Gallery exhibition spaces and provide a circulation space for the orientation of visitors to the museum. This project provided an opportunity to sympathetically repair the building fabric and reinstate the original ‘Smirke’ designs. At the heart

of the project was the need to respect and conserve the original fabric and reinstate the spatial sequence so these upper rooms would regain their architectural coherence, staying true to the Museum’s Conservation Plan. This project ultimately created a lighter, brighter visitor space exhibiting artefacts, not previously on display to the public. Coniston were selected as ‘Runner Up’ in the recent RICS awards in the Conservation Division for this project.