Leeds Playhouse Building PagePark Architects, Award News
Leeds Playhouse Building by PagePark
11 Sep 2020
Leeds Playhouse Building
Design: PagePark Architects
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

photograph : Jim Stephenson
Page Park
Summary
The Leeds Playhouse has been transformed by a radical reconfiguration and extension of the existing building to create a new face for the organisation and improve accessibility for all.

photo : Jim Stephenson
The new frontage created on St Peter?s Street turns the theatre around to face the city centre and provides a new entrance and café at street level. The new façade of brightly coloured ceramics creates a strong visual identity that reflects the creativity and diversity of activity withing the building.
photo : Jim Stephenson
Along with the re-imagining of the two main theatres spaces to increase seating capacity and enhance access, a new flexible performance space has been created through the imaginative reuse of an existing basement. Improvements in access extend throughout the building to better connect the Playhouse with the streetscape on St Peter?s Street, the existing entrance on Playhouse Square and the new public space between the theatre and Leeds City College – Playhouse Gardens.

photo : Jim Stephenson
Full Description
EXISTING
At the outset of the project Leeds Playhouse was a labyrinth of seemingly unsolvable problems. Built facing the wrong direction, it was intended to address a wider developm...