April 24 2019

The City of Edinburgh Council has today granted planning approval to the Dunard Centre, the first purpose-built music and performance venue to be built in the capital for a century.

The cultural flagship is being funded via £25m of City Deal funding, with support from the Royal Bank of Scotland, with the remainder of the cost being met through private donations – principally via the Dunard Trust who will also underwrite any capital cost overruns and operating deficits over the first three years.

Earmarked for a prominent site off St Andrews Square the venue will comprise a 1,000 seat auditorium, 200 seat studio, informal performance space, café and bar.

Sir David Chipperfield commented: “This will be a public building that relates to Edinburgh on a civic scale by both fitting in and standing out in order to perform an important social and cultural role in a city with strong established cultural traditions.”

Visualisations provided courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects and Hayes Davidson

3 Comments

#1 Posted by cadmonkey on 24 Apr 2019 at 18:07 PM

I think this is a good decision, especially as it may block the view of the golden turd hotel.
Only reservation is that it is rather albertspeeresque.

#2 Posted by questionableregaliacollection on 26 Apr 2019 at 15:58 PM

@cadmonkey

I have no such reservations.

#3 Posted by Terra on 7 May 2019 at 15:59 PM

braw

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