Press: Royal Academy of Music, Copper Architecture Forum Magazine
- All Metal Roofing
- Jun 10, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 20, 2020
Our copper cladding work at the Royal Academy of Music has been featured in issue 46/2019 of the Copper Architecture Forum magazine.
Ian Ritchie Architects explain their ingenious design for the Royal Academy of Music in a particularly challenging historic London location. Winner of several awards, including the RIBA London Building of the Year 2018, the project is defined by its roofline of blue patinated copper – a material that the architects have been exploring for over a decade.
FULL SUPPORT FOR COPPER
Hidden behind the façade of the Royal Academy of Music’s Edwardian premises, surrounded by other protected historic buildings and located within the Regent’s Park conservation area, two distinct, outstanding performance spaces have been created. Despite the complexities of the constrained site into which the myriad of functions of a modern opera and musical theatre were to be introduced, the copper-clad project’s design was unanimously granted permission at the first submission, fully supported by the local authority, as well as historic building protection organisations.
Seamlessly integrated within the historic site, the project is expressed by facades and roofs clad in blue pre-patinated copper. Ian Ritchie said: ‘I grew up in Brighton and have always been fond of the copper roofs there, naturally patinated a turquoise blue by the sea air. Our interest in pre-patinated copper goes back to 2004 and instigated research and development carried out by its manufacturer for a previous project. For the Royal Academy of Music project, the blue pre-patinated copper provides just the right hue which will continue to develop naturally over time’.
OUTSTANDING SPACES
Designed for both opera and musical theatre productions, The Susie Sainsbury Theatre sits at the heart of the Academy. Within the old concrete walls, the Theatre incorporates 40% more seating than previously through the addition of a balcony, as well as a larger orchestra pit, a stage wing and a fly tower. Above the Theatre, and acoustically isolated from all other buildings, the new 100-seat Recital Hall provides a further 230m2 of space.
Creating a visual and physical link between the old and new buildings is the Recital Hall’s new glazed lobby, which is primarily accessed from the main stairway and also by a glazed lift. The new light wells reveal the previously concealed Grade II rear façade, in which bricked-up windows have been reopened. Both of these beautifully finished, acoustically diverse spaces can be accessed independently and complete a suite of facilities for the Academy’s ambitious student body and world-class teaching staff and for public performances.
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