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Timber block
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Main studio space
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Foyer and café space
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Ground floor plan
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Building section
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Entrance concept sketch
Dream Factory
The Dream Factory, Warwick, our seminal theatre project, is a permanent home for Playbox Theatre Company, providing training, rehearsal and performance spaces. It was the first purpose-built theatre for training young people in the UK.
A metal-clad central performance space is flanked by two lower timber blocks and united by a tilting lightweight canopy. The simple, elegant design was selected through competition and is made up of a main auditorium for an audience of up to 294 people at the centre of a complex of smaller studios, workshops and ancillary spaces.
The project embraced sustainable building solutions such as the TermoDeck system to reduce ventilation loadings.
Client | Playbox Theatre Company |
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Location | Warwick |
Size | 1,350 sq m |
Status | Completed 1999 |
Awards | Popli Khalatbari Award 2000, Quality in Construction Award 2000, RIBA Yearbook Editors Award 2000 |
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