theatre
Ideas
Comment: The design story behind storytelling spaces
What exactly does a theatre consultant do, and why are they an important part of designing the spaces in which we tell the most dramatic stories? Charcoalblue’s Erin Shepherd tells us more.
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Performance and versatility at Brisbane’s new Glasshouse Theatre
Designed by Blight Rayner Architecture in partnership with Snøhetta, the Glasshouse Theatre is a rippling glass landmark that connects Brisbane’s public life with the performing arts.
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Heritage and innovation meet by the river in new NZ theatre
After a decade without a theatre, New Zealand’s Kirikiriroa Hamilton opens the doors to BNZ Theatre, designed by Jasmax in consultation with Charcoalblue.
News
Canberra Lyric Theatre: reimagining a national stage
COX Architecture and Yerrabingin reveal the design for Canberra Lyric Theatre — a world-class, inclusive venue for the nation’s capital.
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The Joy of Books
In his seminal essay, Stéphane Mallarmé famously wrote: “Everything in the world exists to end up as a book.” Wutopia Lab embraced this ideal, conceiving Shanghai Book City as, quite literally, a vertical city made of books.
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Theatre of arches
Neri&Hu’s design for the Cultural Arena at New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center makes a strong impression through differentiated spaces.
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Yashobhoomi Dwarka: A synergy of modernity, tradition and sustainable design
The India International Convention Centre was designed by CP Kukreja Architects as a multipurpose urban development, paying homage to traditional Indian culture and modern design principles.
Ideas
Performing arts hubs: A case for cross-disciplinary creativity and community with Hayball
In this comment piece, Hayball’s Owen West, David Tweedie and Emma Parkinson make the case for an important dimension of education design.
Workplace
The theatre that became an office at Watt St Commercial
CKDS has created distinctive new office space in Newcastle’s CBD following the adaptive reuse of what was previously a theatre.
People
ARM’s Mark Raggatt on how design can deepen our experience of a city
From high school theatre buff to accomplished architect, Mark Raggatt reveals what drew him to his career, and outlines what his practice hopes to achieve as it expands into NSW.
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Striking opulence of the Sydney Coliseum Theatre by Cox
Sydney Coliseum Theatre by COX is a dazzling and grandiose space, reflective of both its name and the theatrics it hosts.
QLD
JDA Co. raises the curtain on a heritage theatre refurb
Brisbane architecture firm JDA Co. have completed a moody, intimate and sophisticated refurbishment of a 19th Century theatre in inner-city Woollongabba.
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Pinghe Bibliotheater: An ocean of knowledge for students
Part library, part theatre, Pinghe Bibliotheater by OPEN Architecture presents an ocean of knowledge for students of Qingpu Pinghe International School in Shanghai, China.
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Best projects of 2021 – the Indesignlive edit
You liked it, we listened! We bring to you just a small sample of the built environment’s best projects from the year gone by.
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The curtain rises on Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf Renewal Project
The Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is a much loved and revered institution, not only in its hometown of Sydney and across Australia, but also around the globe. Now that it has a revitalised and renewed home at The Wharf in Walsh Bay is the icing on the cake for both the staff of the STC and the theatre going public.
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Cultivating Community At Zarch Collaboratives’ Wild Rice @ Funan
A labour of love of Wild Rice, Zarch Collaboratives and theatre specialist Charcoalblue, Wild Rice @ Funan is designed to provide immersive theatre experience and cultivate a community.
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The Oval Partnership Creates A Subterranean Cultural Landmark in Xi’an
Denoted at street level by a reflective entrance pavilion, the Qujiang Creative Cultural Centre unfolds underground as a series of spaces with carefully detailed surfaces of material and light.
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The Gateway Theatre: Putting the ‘Art’ in ‘Heartland’
Breaking away from the traditional procession of formal and informal spaces, Ong & Ong introduces a series of ‘relief’ spaces at the Gateway Theatre that delightfully unfolds like a play.
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A cave of sound: Toyo Ito’s National Taichung Theatre
The National Taichung Theatre in Taiwan was conceived by Toyo Ito & Associates as an integrated spatial-structural system that provides a sense of nature’s dynamism.
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Toyo Ito Conquers the Digital-Analog Divide
Catenoidal space is not the easiest thing to wrap your head around. Think complex curving tubes. How to build it? Toyo Ito found the solution with a mix of digital and analog processes. Here we present a special preview of our Cubes 85 Apr/May feature on the National Taichung Theatre, Taiwan.
News
I Love Todd Sampson
Andy Macdonald, Architectural Producer of ‘I Love Todd Sampson’ spoke to Amelia Chandler about the challenges and opportunities faced in staging a one of a kind performance in Sydney’s historic Pier 2/3