History
Southbank Centre consists of three key buildings: Royal Festival Hall, the Hayward and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
The South Bank Centre is built on the grounds of the 1951 Festival of Britain, of which only the Royal Festival Hall remain designed by Leslie Martin and Peter Moro
and the Hayward Gallery/Queen Elizabeth Hall/Purcell Room were built in the late 1960s replacing the Shot Tower. Situated on the south bank of the River Thames, Southbank Centre is at the heart of an arts quarter stretching from the Royal National Theatre and National Film Theatre to Tate Modern and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Allies and Morrison has worked as House Architects since 1992 and were appointed to develop the overall concept design for the renovation and restoration of the Royal Festival Hall in 1996.
The masterplan provides a framework for upgrading and extending the use of existing cultural facilities alongside major improvements to the public experience of this 22-acre strategic central London location. The site includes the Royal Festival Hall, the Hayward Gallery, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, and the BFI Southbank. The plan has been developed from 1999 to date and has proved to be a flexible framework to accommodate the challenging needs of the site.
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