Festival Theatre architects : LDN
Location: 13-29 Nicolson St, Edinburgh 1994
photo of building main facade © adrian welch 2006
The re-vitalisation of the existing, Grade B listed, auditorium of the 1928 Empire Theatre to form a Lyric Theatre & Opera House - Festival Theatre Edinburgh - maintaining its basic virtues of size and acoustic performance, but increasing the stage area (now the largest in the UK), orchestra pit and back-of-house facilities to accommodate even the largest performance requirements.
facade images from LDN
Now one of the World's leading auditoria for opera, ballet, music and theatre, the interface between new glassy atrium of the Edinburgh Festival Theatre and decorative and richly-coloured auditorium is marked.
interior images from LDN Architects
The facade is a structural tour de force and Edinburgh's only real example of the era's hi-tech phase popularised down south by Rogers, Foster and Hopkins et al.
photo of building edge to north © adrian welch 2006
facade at night image supplied by LDN Architects
Build cost approx. £15m
Festival Theatre with Old College beyond © adrian welch 2006
entry image from LDN Architects
Edinburgh Festival Theatre is part of the Edinburgh Old Town Tour
facade: from LDN
Festival Theatre Edinburgh - Box Office:
0131 529 6000
foyer image supplied by LDN Architects
detail photo by adrian welch
main facade by adrian welch
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Address:
Festival City Theatres Trust, 13/29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
0131 662 1112