Unicorn Theatre
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Theatre for children and young people located near London Bridge and the Thames
The building houses a 320 seat theatre, a studio theatre, education, teaching and rehearsal spaces and a public foyer and café.
The design derived from careful assimilation of the internal program, a considered attitude towards the building's context, and opportunity to treat the project's formal composition sculpturally.
It is an asymmetric pavilion. Its elevations are open and transparent in places to reveal the heart of the building to the public. The materials used are arranged to reinforce the buildings masses, the copper of the Weston Theatre contrasts with the blue glazed brick faience that surrounds the stage door. Bright stucco and blue engineering brick are used elsewhere.
Data
- Begun: Feb 2004
- Completed: 2006
- Floor area: 3,640m2
- Sector: Arts and culture
- Total cost: £9.2M
- Tender date: Jul 2003
- Procurement: JCT 98 Private without quantities/ two-stage procurement
- Address: 104 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2HZ, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Keith Williams Architects
- Client: Unicorn Theatre for Children
- Theatre consultant: Charcoalblue
- Access consultant: Fulcrum Consulting/ WW
- Cost consultant: Bucknall Austin
- Main contractor: Mansell Construction Services
- Artist: David Cotterrell
- Artist: Martin Richman
- Structural engineer: Arup
- M&E engineer: Arup
Suppliers
- Engineering bricks: Baggeridge Brick
- Copper cladding: KME UK
- Roof membrane: Sarnafil
- External glazing: Hynds Architectural Systems
- Insulation: Knauf
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