Fairfield Halls

Built

Jim Stephenson

Fairfield Halls has undergone a major conservation project sympathetically upgrade the venue returning many features from the original 1962 building, while creating new sustainable community spaces.

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2020

Shortlisted in the CONSERVING category and the EXPERIENCING CULTURE category

Fairfield Halls has undergone a major conservation project sympathetically upgrade the venue returning many features from the original 1962 building, while creating new sustainable community spaces.

Fairfield Halls in Croydon opened in 1962 to designs inspired by the Royal Festival Hall. By 2016 the venue had become run-down due to age, lack of maintenance and many unsympathetic interventions to the interior and exterior. The brief was to refurbish and re-model the halls, bringing a heritage-led approach, and where appropriate sensitively reinterpret the original designs, whilst improving access, operation and financial viability. The project includes a new glazed extension, a second-floor studio theatre, roof terrace, improved acoustics and increased capacity; revitalising the existing venue.

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Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Croydon

Size

21160 sq m

Estimated completion

September 2019

Location

Financial House, 14 Barclay Rd, Croydon CR0 1JN, UK