Behind the scenes
Jessica Mairs2022-12-08T12:37:20+00:00A new theatre has risen from the ashes of Charing Cross Road's once-infamous Astoria venue. Theatre owner Nica Burns and Derwent CEO Paul Williams explains how theatricality and glamour has melded with AHMM's modern architecture to create a contemporary hub for the West End.
Soho Place
Jessica Mairs2022-12-14T13:10:14+00:00Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Derwent London have delivered a complex urban jigsaw of theatre, retail, office space and a new public square above the Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road. Isabel Allen charts the influences, aspirations and relationships that have shaped a self-assured solution for one of London's most prominent sites.
Taipei Performing Arts Center
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:41+00:00OMA and KRIS YAO | ARTECH have completed the Taipei Performing Arts Center, a "super theatre" comprising a huge glazed cube intersected by spherical and cuboid theatres.
Stage craft
Peter Songi2022-11-22T12:26:56+00:00Ed Wilson of Foster Wilson Size explains how well-designed theatre spaces can have a life-changing impact on young people’s confidence, creativity, communication skills and careers.
Sara Kulturhus
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:17:43+00:00White Arkitekter has completed one of the world's tallest hybrid timber buildings, a cultural complex culminating in a 75-metre-tall tower in Skellefteå, Sweden.
Hertford Theatre
Jessica Mairs2022-05-11T12:02:08+00:00Bennetts Associates reveals plans to update Hertford Theatre with new cinema screens, performance space and a riverside cafe.
Civic Service
AT Editor2021-01-22T11:22:04+00:00Building Review A school theatre by Jonathan Tuckey Design lends urban order to the campus, finds Owen Hopkins
Temporary Contemporary
AT Editor2020-01-30T19:12:38+00:00Pavilion
Haworth Tompkins’ demountable and sustainable theatre is on tour
Potemkin Theatre
AT Editor2019-09-16T09:56:05+00:00Building Review
Maich Swift Architects’ Antepavilion is a venue for performance but the structure is the star, finds Clementine Blakemore
Ally Pally Rallies
AT Editor2018-12-14T10:42:03+00:00Building
The long-neglected East Wing of London's Alexandra Palace has reopened following a £27 million restoration designed by FCBStudios
Harmonic Proportions
AT Editor2018-06-28T11:28:52+00:00Building Review
Robin Snell visits two finely crafted performance spaces by Ian Ritchie Architects at the Royal Academy of Music