National Centre for Popular Music
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Building consisting of four giant stainless steel drums surrounding an atrium area with a glazed roof
The design of the building has four circular galleries up to first floor level, and brings visitors to their level by way of a wide central stair. The tops of the circular drums were built to rotate in to the wind.
The ambition of Music Heritage Ltd, the promoters of NCPM, was to make the first viable attraction in Britain centred on music, to key-in to the vibrant local music industry, and to give Sheffield a new landmark. It is currently Sheffield Hallam University's Students' Union.
Data
- Begun: Jun 1997
- Completed: Sep 1998
- Floor area: 4,400m2
- Sectors: Arts and culture, Education
- Total cost: £7.9M
- Procurement: JCT 80
- Address: City Campus, 38-40 Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Branson Coates Architecture
- Project architects: Allan Bell, Nigel Coates, Raj Chaudhary
- Client: Music Heritage
- Project manager: Bucknall Austin
- Quantity surveyor: Davis Langdon & Everest
- Structural engineer: Fulcrum Consulting/ WW
- Facade engineer: Fulcrum Consulting/ WW
- Services engineer: Max Fordham and Partners: David Litters
- Acoustics: Paul Gillerion Acoustic Design
- Access consultant: Earnscliffe Davies
- Main contractor: HBG Construction
Suppliers
- Cowl rotation and control: StreetCrane
- Stainless steel cladding: Broderick Structures
- Vertical glazing: Compass Glass