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Theatr Clwyd / Haworth Tompkins

Andreas Luco — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Haworth Tompkins has recently completed the transformation of Wales' largest producing theater, Theatr Clwyd, a Grade II-listed theater and cultural centre in Mold, North Wales. The major redevelopment transforms the landmark 1970s arts complex into a vibrant, sustainable, and accessible civic destination, equipped to support professional productions, participatory work, education, and serve its local community for generations to come. Theatr Clwyd sits on a hillside above the town of Mold and was built as a regional arts centre to provide cultural opportunities for people living in North Wales. It was originally designed to accommodate multiple performance spaces, TV studios, a gallery, and function rooms. Designed by R.W.Harvey, the county architect for Flintshire, the building was opened as 'Clwyd Theater and Educational Technology Centre' on the 21st May 1976, by Queen Elizabeth II.

The Court Theatre / Haworth Tompkins + Athfield Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

The completion of the Court Theatre marks the long-awaited return of the theater to Ōtautahi Christchurch's city center, marking a major milestone in the city's post-earthquake regeneration and the creation of a vibrant new arts precinct. Designed through an international collaboration between London-based Haworth Tompkins and New Zealand's Athfield Architects, and constructed by Hawkins, the new facility represents a significant investment in the future of performing arts in Aotearoa New Zealand. Following the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake, The Court Theatre, New Zealand's largest professional theater company, was forced to vacate its historic home in the Arts Centre and operate from a temporary venue in Addington. In 2020, Christchurch City Council partnered with The Court Theatre to develop a new, purpose-built facility in the city centre. The result is a world-class, sustainable theater complex that anchors the revitalized cultural core of Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Industria / Haworth Tompkins

Valeria Silva — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Industria is the UK’s first multi-storey light-industrial scheme, designed by Haworth Tompkins for Be First, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's regeneration company. It provides over 11,400 sqm of floor space, accommodating 45 small and medium enterprises spread over four levels, in spaces ranging from 20 to 450 sqm. The scheme was designed to accommodate a wide range of light industrial uses, and once fully occupied, Industria could provide employment for up to 300 people.

Punchdrunk Entrance Pavilion / Haworth Tompkins

Andreas Luco — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Commissioned by the award-winning theatre company Punchdrunk, Haworth Tompkins have completed a temporary entrance pavilion for the company’s new base in south-east London, forming part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s new creative district, Woolwich Works. The scheme includes show infrastructure for their opening immersive theatre production “The Burnt City” which opens today and runs until December.

Battersea Arts Centre / Haworth Tompkins

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000

Architects Haworth Tompkins have completed a 12-year transformation of the Grade II* listed Battersea Arts Centre. Begun as an extended, improvisatory collaboration with artists, theatre producers and the local community, the entire former town hall building is now in use for creative and community activity, increasing the number of performance spaces from 4 to 35 and incorporating artists’ bedrooms, a new rooftop office and staff garden, a creative business hub, a community allotment and an outdoor theatre.

Aldeburgh Music Creative Campus / Haworth Tompkins

Nico Saieh — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Aldeburgh Music's new creative campus at Snape Maltings opened to the public on May 9th. The project, part of a phased development of grade 2 listed 19th century maltings buildings at the edge of the Suffolk marshes, brings a range of derelict granaries and kilns into use as rehearsal and occasional public performance spaces grouped around a communal foyer. The centrepiece of the project is a new build orchestral rehearsal room, the Britten Studio, designed to complement the nearby concert hall (by Arup Associates, completed in 1970). The rehearsal room incorporates retractable seating for 350, enabling it to be used as a public venue. A second space, the Jerwood Kiln Studio, was converted from a derelict kiln and can also accommodate public performances when required. The central foyer and technical get in was formed from an existing granary sandwiched between older structures, its eccentric timber roof adapted and a new concrete mezzanine installed.

Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre / Haworth Tompkins

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Bristol Old Vic / Haworth Tompkins

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:00:00 +0000

Architects Haworth Tompkins have completed a new foyer and studio theatre for the Grade I listed Bristol Old Vic, the oldest continuously working theatre in the English-speaking world, the oldest continuously working theatre in the English-speaking world. The result of five years careful research, consultation, design and construction, the project aims to open up the front of house areas to a wider, more diverse audience and to place the theatre at the heart of Bristol’s public life and public space.

Royal College of Art Woo Building / Haworth Tompkins

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

The opening of the Woo Building, a significant expansion of the Ceramics & Glass and Jewellery & Metal department, marks the completion of the RCA’s highly anticipated Battersea Campus, bringing all of the RCA's fine art programmes together at a single site for the first time in the institution's history.

Donmar Dryden Street / Haworth Tompkins

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 29 May 2015 04:00:04 +0000

The Donmar Warehouse is a leading producing theatre company located in London’s Covent Garden. Having acquired a small 19th Century warehouse building in nearby Dryden Street, the theatre asked Haworth Tompkins to convert it for rehearsal, education and support facilities. The challenge was to design a convivial and creative professional working environment within the constraints of a limited budget and a tightly enclosed site.

National Theatre / Haworth Tompkins

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 25 May 2015 05:00:28 +0000

Haworth Tompkins announces the completion of NT Future, an £80m refurbishment of the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Opened in 1976, the NT is one of Britain’s most important 20th century buildings, and arguably the masterpiece of architect Sir Denys Lasdun. NT Future equips the National Theatre to sustain its position at the forefront of theatre, while regenerating the building to address a radically changed urban context.

Chichester Festival Theatre / Haworth Tompkins

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Haworth Tompkins have completed a major restoration and renewal of the Grade 2* listed Chichester Festival Theatre, incorporating a carefully remodeled auditorium, bigger foyer spaces, an improved parkland setting and a new back of house extension.

Everyman Theatre / Haworth Tompkins

Cristian Aguilar — Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Liverpool Everyman is a new theatre, won in open European competition, for an internationally regarded producing company. The scope of work includes a 400 seat adaptable auditorium, a smaller performance and development space, a large rehearsal room, public foyers, exhibition spaces, catering and bar facilities, along with supporting offices, workshops and ancillary spaces. The entire façade is a large, collaborative work of public art. The design combines thermally massive construction with a series of natural ventilation systems and low energy technical infrastructures to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating for this complex and densely inhabited urban building.

The Shed / Haworth Tompkins

Fernanda Castro — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Birmingham Schools Framework / Haworth Tompkins

Javier Gaete — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Park View Secondary School in Birmingham has been radically transformed by architects Haworth Tompkins as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme, providing a template for low-cost interventions in schools across the country.

Dyson Building / Haworth Tompkins

Javier Gaete — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Royal College of Art, the world’s leading post-graduate art College, have opened a new academic building as part of a £61 million masterplan for the institution. The Dyson building, designed by award-winning architects Haworth Tompkins, is the most significant new development to the Royal College of Art since it moved to Kensington Gore in 1962 and forms the centrepiece of the RCA’s new Battersea Campus.

RCA Sackler Building / Haworth Tompkins

Nico Saieh — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The new Sackler Building provides new purpose made accommodation for all the Painting students at the Royal College of Art to work together under one roof for the first time in over 10 years.