Walker’s Court Theatre / SODA

Curated by Paula Pintos

Architects: SODA
Area: 4500 m²
Year: 2019
Photographs:Jack Hobhouse, Billy Bolton, Tom Lee
Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Lutron, RHEINZINK, Sto, Autex, Regupol America, Wienerberger, Adobe, Allegion, C.P. Hart, Cantifix, Desso, Electro Signs, Engels Baksteen, Epic Games, Eximia Glazing, Facebook Technologies, Fest, Horning Floor, Ibstock, +9LITTLEHAMPTON WELDING, Lazenby, Manzana, Race Furniture, Shape, Traditional Brick and Stone, Trimble, VANDERSANDEN, Wooden Horse-9
Lead Architects: Russell Potter
Lighting Designer: 18 Degrees, Studio 29
Main Contractor: Blenheim House Construction
Project Manager: Development Managers Limited
Structural Engineer: Tier Consult
Mechanical & Electrical Consultant: Thornton Reynolds
Lighting: White Light
Quantity Surveyor: Gleeds

Text description provided by the architects. SODA Studio has completed the first phase of the Walker’s Court development, featuring the groundbreaking Boulevard Theatre that has a revolving auditorium at its heart, along with a new restaurant and apartments. The second part of the project will include offices created at the top of the scheme, shops and restaurants at ground level and the rebirth of Madame JoJo’s in the basement. Designed for Soho Estates, Walker’s Court has replaced a series of tired and dilapidated post-war buildings with a bold, revitalized center for entertainment and numerous related uses. Fawn James, the granddaughter of the ‘King of Soho’ Paul Raymond, envisioned a project that would pay tribute to the Raymond Revuebar that originally occupied this site while helping to secure Soho’s future as a center for creativity. The resulting 55,000 sq ft development contains a mix of new and repurposed buildings with the original Revue building overclad with a façade of hundreds of interlocking bricks.