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Architects: Haworth Tompkins
- Area: 2340 m²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Philip Vile, Fred Howarth
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Bentley Systems, Bute, Hakwood, Pollmeier, Shadbolt, York Handmade
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Lead Architects: Jessica Daly, Simon Ricketts, Steve Tompkins, Roger Watts, Tom Wilson
Text description provided by the architects. Haworth Tompkins have completed a new Performing Arts Centre for The Perse School in Cambridge. The building, naturally ventilated throughout, includes a 400 seat auditorium, an adaptable foyer space, and full back of house facilities. The Perse School has an extensive programme of music and drama activities which had outgrown its previous facilities. The Performing Arts Centre is named after Peter Hall, who was a pupil at the school from 1941-1949. He went on to be the director of the National Theatre, an institution with which Haworth Tompkins has a long association.
