Cooperative Academy Manchester

Co-operative Academy Manchester, UK

This project completed the `total transformation of the
school from one of the worst in the country to one of the best.  The expansion, doubled the size of the
academy and increased the opportunities for students and the local community
with a new 300-seat  professional
theatre.

As well as the main theatre the building also incorporated
two drama studios and a music recording studio. .. read more

Wells Maltings, Norfolk, UK

Wells-next-the-Sea sits on the North Norfolk coast and, like many small coastal communities, its population grows from just a few thousand to many times that number every summer. After years of planning, fundraising and community support, in 2016 a major extension and rebuilding programme began to transform the Grade II listed building into a state-of-the-art cultural hub for the whole area. Dram .. read more

University of Greenwich C4

This project involved the conversion and refurbishment of a derelict building, formerly a swimming pool and bowling alley, into a student hub at the University’s Medway Campus. The purpose-built student centre features a main events/performance space, café/bar, catering facilities, large open-plan spaces for meetings and a mixture of social activities and also includes offices for the students .. read more

Salford University New Adelphi

New Adelphi is a landmark building that is the focus for arts and culture on campus. The space has been carefully designed to inspire and motivate; housing the music, performance, art, design and architecture students and providing a rich environment to stimulate curious minds.
This pioneering new build features a 350 capacity theatre, a 140sqm studio theatre, 2 large TV acting studios, 6 industry .. read more

Edge Hill University Tech Hub

The £13.5M Edge Hill Technology Hub is a combination of new and refurbished, high-quality space for teaching, learning, student employability, enterprise and knowledge exchange activities.
The facility supports expansion in Digital Creative and Food Science (Biotechnology), to include bioinformatics, product design and prototyping. It will also house a Knowledge Exchange, a CAVE 3D virtual realit .. read more

Gojumpin Trampoline Parks

Jump In has been set up by a mumpreneur and two dadpreneurs who themselves are fun loving and adventuresome, always looking for activities to share with their children. Founders Linsey Willaford-West and Vernon West were visiting family in Fort Worth Texas when they came across Altitude Trampoline Park. They brought their toddler to the park and had so much fun that they came back nearly every day .. read more

Holme Grange School

Holme Grange School is an independent school for girls and boys aged 3-16 years. It offers a unique educational experience in an idyllic setting in 21 acres of Wokingham countryside.
This project involved the construction of a new building incorporating a 300 seat theatre, drama studio, music classrooms and practice rooms. Drama by Design worked with the architects on the design of the building an .. read more

Sheffield College, UK

The £8.8 million three-storey Centre for Creative Industries now extends the existing Sheffield College Hillsborough campus, and houses a new theatre, three drama studios, two dance studios, television studio, photography studio, music and radio studios.
Creative industries specialisms offered at the College include art and design, graphic design, games development, media, music, journalism, danc .. read more

Licensed Victuallers School, Ascot, UK

Licensed Victuallers is a non-selective, fully co-educational day and boarding school of 900 pupils aged 4-18 based in Ascot, Berkshire. The striking modern architectural design of the school ensures that the needs of the pupils and staff are fully accommodated and the purpose built theatre is at the heart of the school.
The school was having issues with access to the theatre house light fittings .. read more

ACS Cobham Performing Arts Centre, UK

Situated on 128-acres, 20 miles south of Central London, ACS Cobham enrols over 1,350 students aged between 2 and 18.
This project involved a £13m conversion of the school’s Cafetorium into a new Performing Arts Centre. Drama by Design worked with the architects on the design of the building  and designed and specified all technical systems including project management through to completio .. read more