Hallé St. Peter?s Ancoats, Manchester Concert Hall Design Competition, Winner, Architect, Building
Hallé St. Peter?s, Ancoats Building
Concert Hall Architecture Contest Northwest England: Extension ? Invited Design Competition
Updated 18 Mar 2020 + 4 Mar 2016; 25 Feb 2016
The Oglesby Centre
Architects: Stephenson Studio
Location: Manchester, England

The new extension, The Oglesby Centre in Manchester, is conceived as a classically proportioned modernist metaphor of the existing proportions of St Peter?s massing.

The ?box in box? detailing of the main rehearsal hall at first floor level and the brick massing of the elevation base conceal voluminous spaces internally to allow daylight penetration via continuous glass roof lights, and for the rear Grade II listed façade to be on full view from within offering privacy to the neighbouring buildings.
The internal activities of the Hallé, with expanses of glazing are restricted to overlooking Cutting Room Square, therefore offering a ?front of house? façade to the general public with wonderful private ?back of house? private activity within the extension walls.

Photos: Daniel Hopkinson Architectural Photography
Extension to Hallé St Peter?s, Ancoats, Manchester: Winner announced
RIBA Competitions and the Hallé Concerts Society are pleased to announce that the competition to extend its St Peter?s facility in Ancoats (Manchester) has been won by a design team led by Stephenson Studio.

This proposed new-build ex...