UK practice Levitt Bernstein has completed its refurbishment of the Grade II-listed Bristol Beacon, creating new interiors for the "grand and impressive" historic concert venue.
The new spaces mark the second and final phase of the project, which began in 2009 with the creation of a new foyer building for the venue containing cafés, bars and improved access to venues.
Levitt Bernstein lined the walls of the largest hall in timber
Levitt Bernstein was tasked with an extensive programme, which included renewing the existing music halls and backstage spaces, remodelling underused cellar spaces to create a club-style venue and the insertion of a new restaurant.
All of this was to be achieved while retaining and reinstating the historic, heritage-listed character of the building, which dates back to 1867 and is known for its Bristol Byzantine styling ? a form of Byzantine revival architecture popular in Bristol. The practice renewed music halls and backstage spaces
"Much of the finest original fabric and character remained behind and within later alterations, and we were able to conserve and uncover it, or reinstate it accurately from onsite evidence where it had been lost," associate director Mark Lewis told Dezeen.
On the ground floor, the former box office space has been replaced by a new restaurant and bar, on view to the city behind a newly glazed "shopfront" created by stripping away previous additions to reinstate the hall's Colston Street f...