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New
Lamps for Old...
Our
plan, for all its intricacies, is actually one of simplest, least
intrusive, and most productive for the local community possible
to consider. It involves little reconstruction work, utilising the
structure largely as is (after a good deal of interior renovation
and remodeling), and should involve few planning restrictions since
we will simply be utilising the building for many of the modern
equivalents of its original design usage.
What
we should be left with is a venue multimedia site with wide popular
appeal, well connected by transportation links, and equipped and
staffed to produce the very best in all forms of popular live and
recorded entertainment, hospitality and educational work
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first thing to tackle will be the clearing, reconstruction, and renovation
of the site including the fitting out and equipping of studios and
auditoria. A full reconstruction and renovation plan has been compiled
and estimated by Pierce Hill and may be viewed by clicking on the
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Pierce
Hill Construction and Renovation Report |
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Obviously
there is a considerable amount of clearing work to do, not least
since the site was used as a training ground for construction workers
involved in the Docklands Development, and many erroneous structures
have appeared inside, but with a 12 month construction plan considered
by Pierce Hill, it would be fair to assume that we would be in a
position to fully open approximately 18 months after work began.
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In renovating
the building we would like to retain original features of particular
interest, and in refurbishing and redecorating, not only nod at
the original use of the building, but also pay particular attention
to the period of the building. Thus we will include influences from
such designers and artists from the Art Nouveau/Art Deco periods
as Aubrey Beardsley, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec,
Antoni Gaudi, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alphonse Mucha, Emile Gallé
, Frank Lloyd Wright, Raymond Hood, and René Lalique.
It is our intention
that by evoking the designs of the most prominent figures of the
period we can echo that which made this building one of the most
admired and copied pieces of architecture in Europe, and allow it
to reclaim its' place among the Art Deco monuments of the world.
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