Architecture firm Haworth Tompkins has installed a bright red auditorium amongst the brutalist concrete of London's National Theatre (+ slideshow). More »
The Shed at the National Theatre
by Haworth Tompkins
Tag: theatres
The Shed at the National Theatre
West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre
by William Lim
Chinese New Year begins today and celebrations in Hong Kong include Cantonese operas performed at a pop-up bamboo theatre in the new West Kowloon Cultural District. More »
Małopolska Garden of Arts
by Ingarden & Ewý
Polish studio Ingarden & Ewý has slotted a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków (+ slideshow). More »
Khor I temporary theatre
by TAAT
Visitors to this temporary theatre in the Netherlands designed by TAAT perform their own play by reading from wooden cubes based on Buddhist prayer wheels. More »
Wuxi Grand Theatre
by PES-Architects
Eight huge wings resembling a cluster of duck feet form the roof of this theatre in Wuxi, to the west of Shanghai, designed by Finnish practice PES-Architects (+ slideshow). More »
Theatre on the Fly
by Assemble
Lyric Theatre by
O'Donnell + Tuomey
A theatre in Belfast with a faceted timber interior is another of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize and was designed by Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey (+ slideshow). More »
MAC Belfast by Hackett Hall McKnight
A glazed tower sits atop the volcanic stone facade of this performing arts centre in Belfast to create a beacon above the surrounding rooftops. More »
Signature Center
by Frank Gehry
Slideshow: architect Frank Gehry has inserted a theatre into the base of tower in New York City (photographs by James Ewing/OTTO). More »
Tiny Travelling Theatre
by Aberrant Architecture
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: a tiny mobile theatre with chimneys made from coal scuttles played host to audiences of up to six during Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. More »
Tiny Travelling Theatre by
Aberrant Architecture
A mobile theatre will visit Clerkenwell Design Week in London this May, inspired by a miniature concert hall above a coal-shed that used to be in the area in the seventeenth century. More »
Taipei Performing Arts Centre
by OMA
Restaurant and Theatre for La Rive Domain
by Nadau Lavergne
Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a round wooden theatre and matching circular restaurant for a campsite in the south of France. More »
Marlowe Theatre revamp is "intellectually
bossy, collage architecture."
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jay Merrick of The Independent describes the revamped Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury by Keith Williams as "a scene stealer in a city that's already full of star attractions," while Maev Kennedy, writing for The Guardian, applauds the local council for investing in a building that will generate income and jobs for the area. The theatre will be officially opened by Prince Edward on 4 October.
Theatre in Almonte by Donaire Arquitectos
Visitors enter a theatre in Huelva, Spain, below a bulky concrete cafe that rests upon backlit glass walls of purple and blue. More »