The archive studio: an exercise in plausibility!

[ad_1] Photography: Dirk Lindner; courtesy the architect . The Archive Studio located within Grade I listed Royal Festival Hall building (1951), may well set a precedent to facilitating exciting, live encounters with one’s archives. Ar. Jonathan Tuckey, the brain behind the project, enlightens... Located within London’s Southbank Centre, it was important that the Archive Studio should be contextually rooted as an addition to the heritage structure; yet, feel like it completely belongs to The Festival Hall. We also had to create something that was affordable and expedient to construct.  We opted for what are very standardised elements that, when used imaginatively, […]