Shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects Award, (an annual competition for projects completed for under £250,000) this studio forms part of the music campus at Snape Maltings, founded by Benjamin Britten in derelict industrial buildings on the Suffolk coast.
The studio inhabits a ruin and expresses the internal volume of the existing Victorian structure as a Cor-ten steel ‘lining’.
The monocoque, welded structure was built next to the ruin and craned in once complete.
The building is welded in a single piece to achieve weather-tightness, and then fitted with a simple plywood inner lining.
A large roof window provides even light for artists, while a small mezzanine platform with a desk incorporates a fully opening glazed corner window that has long views over the marshes.
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Project details
Architects: Haworth Tompkins
Photographer: Philip Vile
Name: The Dovecote Studio
Address: Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Start on site: January 2009
Date of completion: August 2009
Gross external floor area: 30m²
Form of contract: JCT IFC ‘98
Total cost: £155,000
Photographer: Philip Vile
Name: The Dovecote Studio
Address: Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Start on site: January 2009
Date of completion: August 2009
Gross external floor area: 30m²
Form of contract: JCT IFC ‘98
Total cost: £155,000
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