Article source: BFLS

The newly completed Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff – Wales’ national music and drama conservatoire – opens to a new intake of students this month. Won in international competition in 2007, the scheme comprises an acoustically excellent 450‐seat chamber recital hall (the ‘Dora Stoutzker Hall’), a 180‐ seat theatre (the ‘Richard Burton Theatre’), four rehearsal studios, an exhibition gallery (the ‘Linbury Gallery’) as well as generous foyer areas, a terrace overlooking Bute Park and a new Café Bar.

North Rd facade from south (c Nick Guttridge)

• Architects: BFLS
• Project: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
• Location: Cardiff, Wales
• Area: 4,400 m2
• Status: Completed 2011
• Value: £22.5 million
• Client: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
• BFLS team: Jason Flanagan, Paul Bavister, Jason Sandy, Anne Heucke, Kibwe Tavares, Armando Elias
• Acoustic Engineer: Arup Acoustics
• Structural & Services Engineer: Mott MacDonald
• Lighting Consultant: Equation Lighting
• Theatre Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants
• Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon

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