Image: Ian Ritchie
Several innovative structural steelwork solutions were used in the redevelopment of the Royal Academy of Music’s Grade II-listed buildings.
Commendation: Royal Academy of Music, London
Architect: Ian Ritchie Architects
Structural engineer: WSP
Main contractor: Geoffrey Osborne
Client: Royal Academy of Music
The works, carried out on a site surrounded by operational buildings, included the replacement of the existing theatre superstructure, the addition of new cantilevered balcony seating, the introduction of a flytower, with main plant room above, an enlarged orchestra pit, insertion of new vertical circulation routes, and a box-in-box rooftop recital hall with its own glazed foyer.
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