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London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) New Teaching and Theatre Building

VolkerFitzpatrick transforms LAMDA’s west London campus into a world-class centre for drama training and performance

  • Design and build contract for a new dramatic arts facility
  • Includes teaching studios, media recording suite, library, study centre, 230-seat Simon Sainsbury Theatre and 120-seat Carne Studio
  • Site preparation included extensive ground remediation and demolition of existing buildings
  • Four-storey theatre has a steel frame with slim deck flooring
  • Three-storey building has a reinforced concrete frame with pre-cast concrete floors
  • Substructure has 25m deep CFA piles and ground floor slab
  • Envelope combines traditional brickwork to the lower levels and rain screen cladding to the upper levels
  • Acoustic bearing pads help protect against structural-borne noise and vibration
  • Detailed logistics strategy agreed with Transport for London, London Underground and LB of Hammersmith and Fulham for crane oversailing, scaffolding, party wall agreements and traffic management plans

For additional information or to support LAMDA, visit: https://www.lamda.ac.uk/