A new makeover was made by Haworth Tompkins,a Stirling Prize winner of 2013,the architects present a a fresh look of The National Theatre to the audience;the building reveals the pure perception of the space with its brutalist view.

The National Theatre wishes to build on its current success to increase the popularity and visibility of the building, to expand participation and education activities, to engage more closely with the neighbourhood and to make the theatre more sustainable. Haworth Tompkins was approached by the National Theatre to help it develop a comprehensive master plan for improving and extending their building on the South Bank. 

The brief aims to improve the building's public welcome, to open its interior, to provide facilities for new operations and radically improve its environmental performance. The first phase of work includes a new workshop extension to the south, a new bar to replace the service yard on the riverfront and the remodelling the Cottesloe theatre and surrounding workshops to create a new education and participation centre.

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Project Facts

Address:The South Bank, London
Completion Date:2014-15
Construction Cost:£35M
Client:Royal National Theatre
Project Manager:Drivers Jonas Deloitte
Structural Engineer:Flint and Neill
Landscape Architect:Gross Max
Service Engineer:Atelier Ten
Quantity Surveyor:Davis Langdon
Theatre Consultant:Charcoalblue
Planning Consultant:DP9
Access Consultant:All Clear Designs Ltd
Acoustic Engineer:Arup Acoustic

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