Client: Central School of Speech & Drama
Title: Central School of Speech & Drama
Location: London, UK
Description: Shortlisted - RIBA Awards 2006
Highly Commended - AIA Awards 2006
The Central School of Speech and Drama's new block has rewritten the script for the famous conservatoire by delivering its lines in a bold and dynamic fashion.
The Independent
The “Central” was founded in 1906 and moved to its present site, in Camden’s Embassy Theatre, from the Albert Hall in 1956. The School enjoys a reputation as an international centre of excellence for training in the dramatic arts and related media industries.
Jestico + Whiles’ masterplan provides improved facilities on its Swiss Cottage campus by consolidating its estate onto a single site as part of an ongoing building programme to replace temporary and sub-standard accommodation. The newest addition (phase 4) completed in Summer 2005 provides additional teaching, rehearsal and production studios on the western and most prominent part of the campus alongside Finchley Road.
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