Fire Station Auditorium, Sunderland
by Flanagan Lawrence Architects with delivery architect Howarth Litchfield
Client MAC Trust
Award 糖心Vlog East Award 2024 and 糖心Vlog East Client of the Year Award 2024
Sitting at the centre of Sunderland’s masterplan for the Music, Arts and Culture Quarter, the Fire Station Auditorium provides a fantastic flexible events venue for all music genres as well as dance and theatre. It is scaled to meet Sunderland Music, Arts & Culture (MAC) Trust’s challenging brief to accommodate audiences of 500 people seated to 800 standing.
The auditorium sits comfortably next to the Edwardian fire station, with the use of red brick and terracotta sympathetic to the surrounding heritage buildings. The MAC Trust, together with the architects’ design expertise, have been successful in creating a new arts destination with a compelling social focus at the heart of the city.
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Contractor Brims Construction Ltd
Acoustic Engineer Idibri
Structural Engineer WSP
Environmental / M&E Engineer WSP
Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Artis
Contractor's Delivery Architect Howarth Litchfield
Gross internal area in m2 1,800
